Understanding Attitudes of Humans Towards Wildlife Is an Important Step

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Essay

Understanding attitudes of humans towards wildlife is an important step in learning how to work with people on wildlife issues. Coyotes have expanded their range throughout the continental United States, even in the Washington, DC area. The data below are from a survey of George Mason University undergraduate students.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { "How much do you like coyotes?" }\\\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Gender } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Dislike } \\\text { Very } \\\text { much }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Dislike } \\\text { Somewhat }\end{array} & \text { Neutral } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Like } \\\text { Somewhat }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Like } \\\text { Very } \\\text { much }\end{array} & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Male } & 8 & 12 & 186 & 49 & 25 & 280 \\\hline \text { Female } & 27 & 45 & 330 & 52 & 26 & 480 \\\hline \text { Total } & 35 & 57 & 516 & 101 & 51 & 760 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$ Suppose a newspaper decides to select one of these students at random for an interview.
-What is the probability that the selected official is from Metro Athens?

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