Table 21 In Table 2

question 32

Multiple Choice

Table 2.1
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline \underline { \text { TABLE 2.1 POLITICAL PARTY }}\\\underline { \text { MEMBERSHIP IN TWO }}\\\underline { \text { COMMUNITIES}}\\ \hline \text { PARTY: } & \text { COMMUNITY A } & \text { COMMUNITY B } \\\hline \text { Republican } & 103 & 17 \\\hline \text { Democrat } & 135 & 21 \\\hline \text { Independent } & 17 & 15 \\\hline \text { Socialist } & \underline 9 & \underline {11} \\\hline \text { TOTALS: } & 264 & 64\\\hline\\\end{array}$
In Table 2.1,which is the correct fraction for determining the proportion of Independents in community B?

• A)15/17
• B)15/264
• C)64/15
• D)15/64

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, used as a benchmark.

Representativeness

A cognitive heuristic where people judge the probability of an event by how much it resembles their expectations of a typical example.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive the treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure the effects of the treatment.

False Negatives

Errors where a test result incorrectly indicates no presence of a condition when it is actually present.