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a survey of 36 randomly selected students who dropped a course was cond…

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a survey of 36 randomly selected students who dropped a course was conducted at a college. the following results were collected. complete parts (a) through (c).
full data set
f personal m course m course
m work f personal m course
f work m work m personal
m personal f course f course
m course f personal m course
m personal f personal m course
m course f work m course
f personal f course f work
f personal f course m work
f personal f work m course
f work m work f personal
f personal f personal m work

(a) construct a contingency table for the two variables.
course personal work
male
female

Explanation:

Identify the categories and variables

We have two categorical variables:

  1. Gender: Male (M) and Female (F).
  2. Reason for dropping: Course, Personal, and Work.

Count the occurrences for Male (M)

Let's count each reason for students labeled "M":

  • Row 1: M Course, M Course (2 Course)
  • Row 2: M Work, M Course (1 Work, 1 Course)
  • Row 3: M Work, M Personal (1 Work, 1 Personal)
  • Row 4: M Personal (1 Personal)
  • Row 5: M Course, M Course (2 Course)
  • Row 6: M Personal, M Course (1 Personal, 1 Course)
  • Row 7: M Course, M Course (2 Course)
  • Row 8: None
  • Row 9: M Work (1 Work)
  • Row 10: M Course (1 Course)
  • Row 11: M Work (1 Work)
  • Row 12: M Work (1 Work)

Let's sum the counts for Male (M):

  • Course: 2 (Row 1) + 1 (Row 2) + 2 (Row 5) + 1 (Row 6) + 2 (Row 7) + 1 (Row 10) = 9
  • Personal: 1 (Row 3) + 1 (Row 4) + 1 (Row 6) = 3
  • Work: 1 (Row 2) + 1 (Row 3) + 1 (Row 9) + 1 (Row 11) + 1 (Row 12) = 5

Total Male = \(9 + 3 + 5 = 17\).

Count the occurrences for Female (F)

Let's count each reason for students labeled "F":

  • Row 1: F Personal (1 Personal)
  • Row 2: F Personal (1 Personal)
  • Row 3: F Work (1 Work)
  • Row 4: F Course, F Course (2 Course)
  • Row 5: F Personal (1 Personal)
  • Row 6: F Personal (1 Personal)
  • Row 7: F Work (1 Work)
  • Row 8: F Personal, F Course, F Work (1 Personal, 1 Course, 1 Work)
  • Row 9: F Personal, F Course (1 Personal, 1 Course)
  • Row 10: F Personal, F Work (1 Personal, 1 Work)
  • Row 11: F Work, F Personal (1 Work, 1 Personal)
  • Row 12: F Personal, F Personal (2 Personal)

Let's sum the counts for Female (F):

  • Course: 2 (Row 4) + 1 (Row 8) + 1 (Row 9) = 4
  • Personal: 1 (Row 1) + 1 (Row 2) + 1 (Row 5) + 1 (Row 6) + 1 (Row 8) + 1 (Row 9) + 1 (Row 10) + 1 (Row 11) + 2 (Row 12) = 11
  • Work: 1 (Row 3) + 1 (Row 7) + 1 (Row 8) + 1 (Row 10) + 1 (Row 11) = 5

Total Female = \(4 + 11 + 5 = 20\).

Let's double check the total count:
Total observations = \(17 \text{ (Male)} + 20 \text{ (Female)} = 37\).
Wait, let's recount the total rows and entries in the table.
The table has 12 rows and 3 columns = 36 entries.
Let's re-verify each entry carefully:

Row-by-row verification:

  1. F Personal | M Course | M Course -> F: 1 Personal; M: 2 Course
  2. M Work | F Personal | M Course -> F: 1 Personal; M: 1 Work, 1 Course
  3. F Work | M Work | M Personal -> F: 1 Work; M: 1 Work, 1 Personal
  4. M Personal | F Course | F Course -> F: 2 Course; M: 1 Personal
  5. M Course | F Personal | M Course -> F: 1 Personal; M: 2 Course
  6. M Personal | F Personal | M Course -> F: 1 Personal; M: 1 Personal, 1 Course
  7. M Course | F Work | M Course -> F: 1 Work; M: 2 Course
  8. F Personal | F Course | F Work -> F: 1 Personal, 1 Course, 1 Work
  9. F Personal | F Course | M Work -> F: 1 Personal, 1 Course; M: 1 Work
  10. F Personal | F Work | M Course -> F: 1 Personal, 1 Work; M: 1 Course
  11. F Work | M Work | F Personal -> F: 1 Work, 1 Personal; M: 1 Work
  12. F Personal | F Personal | M Work -> F: 2 Personal; M: 1 Work

Let's sum again:
Male (M):

Answer:

CoursePersonalWork
Female4105