Question 1047175: 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 6,571 1,927 8,498
Physical sciences 6,437 2,595 9,032
Life sciences 5,375 6,742 12,117
Social sciences 3,532 4,905 8,437
Education 1,545 3,341 4,886
Humanities 2,654 2,847 5,501
Other 1,540 1,469 3,009
Total 27,654 23,826 51,480
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.)
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 6,571 1,927 8,498
Physical sciences 6,437 2,595 9,032
Life sciences 5,375 6,742 12,117
Social sciences 3,532 4,905 8,437
Education 1,545 3,341 4,886
Humanities 2,654 2,847 5,501
Other 1540 1,469 3,009
Total 27,654 23,826 51,480
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.)
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P(male | doctor = 27,654/51,480
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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