1.66 Views on immigration. 910 randomly sampled registered voters from Tampa, FL
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1.66 Views on immigration. 910 randomly sampled registered voters from Tampa, FL were asked if they thought workers who have illegally entered the US should be (i) allowed to keep their jobs and apply for US citizenship, (ii) allowed to keep their jobs as temporary guest workers but not allowed to apply for US citizenship, or (iii) lose their jobs and have to leave the country. The results of the survey by political ideology are shown below. Political ideology Conservative Mod Liberal Total rate 120 113 126 101 28 45 278 262 350 20 910 57 121 179 citi (ii) Guest worker (iii Leave the country Response (iv) Not sure 37 (a) What percent of these Tampa, FL voters identify themselves as conservatives? (b) What percent of these Tampa, FL voters are in favor of the citizenship option? (c) What percent of these Tampa, FL voters identify themselves as conservatives and are in favor of the citizenship option? (d) What percent of these Tampa, FL voters who identify themselves as conservatives are also in favor of the citizenship option? What percent of moderates share this view? What percent of liberals share this view? (e) Do political ideology and views on immigration appear to be independent? Explain your reasoningExplanation / Answer
a) percentage of Tampa ; FL identify themselves as conservatives =(372/910)*100=40.879%
b)percentage of Tampa ; votes in favour of citizenship option =(278/910)*100=30.549%
c)percentage of Tampa ; conservative and in favour of citizenship =(57/910)*100=6.264%
d)
% of Tampa FL in favour of citizenship given Conservatives =(57/372)*100=15.323%
% of Tampa FL in favour of citizenship given moderate =(120/363)*100=33.058%
% of Tampa FL in favour of citizenship given liberal =(101/175)*100=57.714%
e)No as we can see that p( conservative)*P(apply for citizenship) is not equal to P( conservative and apply for citiizenship)
therefore they are not independent.
Also from part d ; percentage for conservatives given different ideology are differnet therefore not independent.
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