a. P(B | A) b. P(A | B) c. P(A and B) What is the distribution of doctorates con

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a. P(B | A)

b. P(A | B)

c. P(A and B)

What is the distribution of doctorates conferred by field and sex? Here are the counts from the most popular fields in 2012. The physical sciences include mathematics and computer and information sciences; the life sciences include agricultural sciences/natural resources, biological/biomedical sciences, and health sciences; and the social sciences include psychology.



Let A be the event that the degree is in engineering and B the event that the recipient is a female. The proportion of engineering doctorates conferred on females is expressed in probability notation as

a. P(B | A)

b. P(A | B)

c. P(A and B)

Explanation / Answer

for here B  the event that the recipient is a female and A  be the event that the degree is in engineering

conditional probabiltiy of  females being degree is in engineering =P(B|A)

option A is correct

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