Question 1047172: 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.
Male Female Total
Engineering 6,597 1,953 8,550
Physical sciences 6,463 2,621 9,084
Life sciences 5,401 6,768 12,169
Social sciences 3,558 4,931 8,489
Education 1,571 3,367 4,938
Humanities 2,654 2,847 5,501
Other 1,566 1,495 3,061
Total 27,810 23,982 51,792
What is the conditional probability that the degree is in education, given that the recipient is female? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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.
Male Female Total
Engineering 6,597 1,953 8,550
Physical sciences 6,463 2,621 9,084
Life sciences 5,401 6,768 12,169
Social sciences 3,558 4,931 8,489
Education 1,571 3,367 4,938
Humanities 2,654 2,847 5,501
Other 1,566 1,495 3,061
Total 27,810 23,982 51,792
What is the conditional probability that the degree is in education, given that the recipient is female? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
Ans:: 3367/23982
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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