The Census Bureau gives data describing the age and sex of all American college

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The Census Bureau gives data describing the age and sex of all American college undergraduates.
We suspect that the percent of women is higher among older students than in the traditional 18 to 24 college age group.
Do the data support this suspicion? Follow the four-step process.

Step 1:
State: Which of the following statements best describes the question we are trying to answer?

Step 2:
Plan: Which of the following techniques should we use to find the answer?

Step 3:
Solve: Calculate the percents of women in each age group.
Match your answers below:

Enter the number of the term that corresponds to each choice:

18 to 24 years?

25 to 34 years?

35 years or older?

Step 4:
Conclude: Which of the following statements best describes the conclusion we can draw based on our analysis?

How do the percent of undergraduates in the traditional college age vary among women? Why is the percent of women higher among older students than in the traditional college age group? What percent of women are older than 20 to 24 years? How do the percent of women vary among age groups?

Explanation / Answer

1) according to the question we have to find the claim that the women percentage is higher in older age group then other according to this option d is correct.

2) the method best will be to compare the conditional distribution of each gender hence option A is correct.

c) for 18 - 24

total students = 12072

total females = 6432

hence percentage = 6472/12072 = 53.28% hence 4 for this

for 25 to 34

total students = 4293

total females = 2450

percentage = 2450/4293 = 57.07% = 10th option

for 35 to older

total student = 3193

female = 2124

percentage = 2124/3193 = 66.5% = 1st option

4) based on the result the conclusion will be that the women in 1st group has less majority'hence option A is correct.

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