A Researcher Believes That a Person's Occupation Affects His or Her

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Essay

A researcher believes that a person's occupation affects his or her political party preference.Given the following data on occupation and political party preference,construct a contingency table.Percentage the table and interpret your results.
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Semiskilled } & \text { Republican } \\ \text { Unskilled } & \text { Republican } \\ \text { Semiskilled } & \text { Democrat } \\ \text { Skilled } & \text { Other } \\ \text { Semiskilled } & \text { Other } \\ \text { Unskilled } & \text { Other } \\ \text { Semiskilled } & \text { Democrat } \\ \text { Semiskilled } & \text { Democrat } \\ \text { Unskilled } & \text { Other }\end{array}$

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