Essentials Of Statistics
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ISBN: 9781305093836
Author: HEALEY, Joseph F.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.2P
SOC At. St. Winnefred Hospital, the number of males and females in various job categories are as follows:
| Job | Males | Females | Totals |
| Doctor | 83 | 15 | 98 |
| Nurse | 62 | 116 | 178 |
| Orderly | 151 | 12 | 163 |
| Lab technician | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Administrator | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Clerk | 72 | 141 | 213 |
| Totals | 412 | 315 | 727 |
Read each question carefully before constructing the fraction and solving for the answer. (HINT: Be sure you place the proper number in the denominator of each fraction. For example, some problems use the total number of males or females as the denominator, whereas others use the total number of subjects.)
a. What percentage of nurses are male?
b. What proportion of orderlies are female?
c. For doctors, what is the ratio of males to females?
d. What percentage of the total staff are males?
e. What is the ratio of males to females for the entire sample?
f. What proportion of the clerks are male?
g. What percentage of the sample are administrators?
h. What is the ratio of female lab technicians?
i. What is the ratio of female lab technicians to male lab technicians?
j. What proportion of the males are clerks?
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