An Exit Poll During a Recent Election Revealed That 55

question 55

Essay

An exit poll during a recent election revealed that 55% of those voting were women and
that 65% of the women voting favored Democratic candidates. What is the probability that
a randomly chosen participant of the exit poll would be a woman who favored
Democratic candidates?

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement of no effect or no difference, used as a baseline for statistical testing.

µ

The symbol µ (mu) commonly represents the population mean in statistics, which is the average value of a set of characteristics in a population.

μ

The symbol representing the mean (average) of a population in statistics.

T-Statistic

Re-defined: A value calculated from sample data during a t-test, used to assess the significance of the difference between two sample means.