Exit polls are conducted in selected locations as voters leave their polling places after voting. In addition to being used to predict the outcome of elections before the votes are counted, these polls seek to gauge tendencies among voters. The results are usually stated in terms of conditional probabilities. The accompanying table shows the results of exit polling that suggest that men were move likely to vote for Mitt Romney, while women were more likely to vote for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. In addition, the table suggests that more women than men voted in the election. The six percentages in the last three columns represent conditional probabilities, where the given event is gender. 1. Find similar exit poll results in which voters are categorized by race, income, education, or some other criterion for a recent national, state, or local election. Choose two different examples, and interpret the percentages given as probabilities, or conditional probabilities where appropriate.
Exit polls are conducted in selected locations as voters leave their polling places after voting. In addition to being used to predict the outcome of elections before the votes are counted, these polls seek to gauge tendencies among voters. The results are usually stated in terms of conditional probabilities.
The accompanying table shows the results of exit polling that suggest that men were move likely to vote for Mitt Romney, while women were more likely to vote for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. In addition, the table suggests that more women than men voted in the election. The six percentages in the last three columns represent conditional probabilities, where the given
1. Find similar exit poll results in which voters are categorized by race, income, education, or some other criterion for a recent national, state, or local election. Choose two different examples, and interpret the percentages given as probabilities, or conditional probabilities where appropriate.
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