document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=632653>Question 632653</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm being asked \"What is the probability that a randomly selected participent is married and highly depressed? The table I was given is a 3 x 3 grid<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                    Marital Status<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               Never Married          Married          Formerly Married   Total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Low Depression       18                  20                     8           46<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Moderate Depression  24                  26                     10          60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "High Depression      30                  24                     15          69<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total                72                  70                     30          175<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I tried it as taking the total number of married which is 70 over the total number of participents 175 with an answer of 40% but am told this is not correct. Can you please tell me why or how to figuire out what numbers should be factors? Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "                                    Marital Status<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               Never Married          Married          Formerly Married   Total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Low Depression       18                  20                     8           46<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Moderate Depression  24                  26                     10          60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "High Depression      30                  24                     15          69<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total                72                  70                     30          175<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I tried it as taking the total number of married which is 70 over the total number of participents 175 with an answer of 40% but am told this is not correct. Can you please tell me why or how to figure out what numbers should be factors? Thank you!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your problem is an AND problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's not a conditional probability so the denominator is the grand total.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The numerator is the intersection of \"highly depressed\" and \"married\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 24/175<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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