In a sample of 250 students travelling to campus, 190 use taxis. Of the taxi commuters, 130 travel more than 15km. Of those who do not use taxis, 40 travel less than 15km. Compile a contingency table and answer the following question. What is the probability that a student does not travel by taxi?

In a sample of 250 students travelling to campus, 190 use taxis. Of the taxi commuters, 130 travel more than 15km. Of those who do not use taxis, 40 travel less than 15km. Compile a contingency table and answer the following question. What is the probability that a student does not travel by taxi?

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Definition Definition Visual representation of the relationship between two or more categorical variables. A contingency table is a categorical version of the scatterplot, which is used to visualize the linear relationship between two variables.

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