document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1047175>Question 1047175</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the distribution of doctorates conferred by field and sex? Here are the counts from the most popular fields in a given year. The physical sciences include mathematics and computer and informations sciences; the life sciences include agricultural sciences/natural resources, biological/biomedical sciences, and health sciences; and the social sciences include psychology.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 	          Male	Female	Total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Engineering	 6,571	1,927	8,498<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Physical sciences 6,437	2,595	9,032<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Life sciences    5,375	6,742	12,117<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Social sciences	3,532	4,905	8,437<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Education	1,545	3,341	4,886<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Humanities	2,654	2,847	5,501<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Other	        1,540	1,469	3,009<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total	        27,654	23,826	51,480<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose a doctoral recipient at random from this group. What is the probability that the recipient is male? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "                Male	Female	Total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Engineering	6,571	1,927	8,498<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Physical sciences 6,437	2,595	9,032<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Life sciences 5,375	6,742	12,117<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Social sciences	3,532	4,905	8,437<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Education	1,545	3,341	4,886<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Humanities	2,654	2,847	5,501<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Other	        1540    1,469	3,009<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total	       27,654	23,826	51,480<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose a doctoral recipient at random from this group. What is the probability that the recipient is male? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(male | doctor  = 27,654/51,480<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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