SOLUTION: James believes the honor roll students at his school have an unfair advantage in being assigned to the math class they request. He asked 500 students at his school the following qu

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Question 869104: James believes the honor roll students at his school have an unfair advantage in being assigned to the math class they request. He asked 500 students at his school the following questions: "Are you on the honor roll?" and "Did you get the math class you requested?" The results are shown in the table below.

Honor roll Not on honor roll Total
Received math class requested 315 64 379
Did not get math class requested 41 80 121
Total 356 144 500

Help James determine if all students at his school have an equal opportunity to get the math class they requested. Show your work and explain your process for determining the fairness of the class assignment process.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Hi

              HR	HR NO	Total

Request Yes    315	64	379

Request  NO	41	80	121

   Total       356	144	500

HR:    315/356 = ~88% got the math course requested

non-HR: 64/144 = ~44% got the math course requested

Appears HR students have an advantage in getting the math course they requested.

 

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