1.10. (-) On July 4, 1995, the New York Times reported that the nation's uni- versities were awarding 25% more Ph.D. degrees than the economy could absorb. The headline concluded that there was a 1 in 4 chance of underemployment. Here "underemployment” means having no job or having a job not requiring the Ph.D. degree. What should the correct statement of the odds have been?

1.10. (-) On July 4, 1995, the New York Times reported that the nation's uni- versities were awarding 25% more Ph.D. degrees than the economy could absorb. The headline concluded that there was a 1 in 4 chance of underemployment. Here "underemployment” means having no job or having a job not requiring the Ph.D. degree. What should the correct statement of the odds have been?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

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