SCENARIO 2-6 A Sample of 200 Students at a Big-Ten University Was

question 71

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 2-6
A sample of 200 students at a Big-Ten university was taken after the midterm to ask them whether
they went bar hopping the weekend before the midterm or spent the weekend studying, and whether
they did well or poorly on the midterm.The following table contains the result.
-Referring to Scenario 2-6, _______ percent of the students in the sample spent the weekend
Studying and did well on the midterm.

• A) 40
• B) 50
• C) 72.72
• D) 80

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