Voters Participating in a Recent Election Exit Poll in a Queensland

question 8

Essay

Voters participating in a recent election exit poll in a Queensland electorate were asked to state their political party affiliation as well as their gender. Coding the data 1 for Coalition, 2 for minor parties and 3 for Labor, and F for female, M for male. $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 3 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} \\\hline 3 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm { M } & 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm { M } \\\hline 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ a. Create a cross classification table of gender by political affiliation.
b. Create a component bar chart, for each gender.
c. Interpret your component bar chart by gender.

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