A Survey of 800 College Seniors Resulted in the Following

question 37

Multiple Choice

A survey of 800 college seniors resulted in the following crosstabulation regarding their undergraduate major and whether or not they plan to go to graduate school. $$\begin{array}{l}                                                      \text { Undergraduate Major }\\\begin{array} { l l l l l } \text { Graduate School } & \text { Business } & \text { Engineering } & \text { Others } & \text { Total } \\\text { Yes } & 70 & 84 & 126 & 280 \\\text { No } & 182 & 208 & 130 & 520 \\\text { Total } & 252 & 292 & 256 & 800\end{array}\end{array}$$ Of those students who are majoring in business, what percentage plans to go to graduate school?

• A) 27.78
• B) 8.75
• C) 70.00
• D) 72.22

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Definitions:

Ordinal

Relating to a categorical ranking in which the order of the values is significant, but the difference between them is not uniformly spaced.

Census

A complete enumeration or count of a population at a set point in time, gathering various demographic, social, and economic information.

Survey

A method of gathering data from a sample of individuals to discover information about a larger population.