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Chapter 7 Questions
Complete the following questions. The questions may include pictures or graphics to illustrate or aid in solving the problem. You can check your answer by clicking View Answer. If the question is unclear, confusing, or if you need further clarification, send me an email.
1. Multiplicative probability activity.
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Click on the die and the coin under the media section to continue excercise
2. Dependent probability activity.
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Click on the card to continue this activity
3. Conditional probability activity
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4. Imagine a bag of M & Ms with the following contents. Use this set of data for questions 5-8 below.
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See the following questions.
5. What is the likelihood of getting a yellow in one draw?
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6. What is the likelihood of getting an orange or a brown in one draw?
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7. What is the likelihood of getting a red, eating it, and then getting a green?
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(First calculate the likelihood of getting the red, then multiply that by the likelihood of getting the green with one less in the bag because the red has been eaten.)
8. What is the likelihood of getting a brown, putting it back (you decided you don't like browns), and then drawing a blue?
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9. Imagine that we polled members of Congress to assess their opinions on abortion rights. Here are the data. This set of data will be used for questions 10-12 below.
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See the following questions.
10. Given that a member of Congress favors right to life, what is the likelihood that he or she is Republican?
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First, calculate row and column totals.
Then, calculate joint probabilities.
11. What is the likelihood that a Democrat will be pro-choice?
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12. What is the likelihood that a member of Congress will be pro-choice?
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(This is simply the column total for pro-choice.)