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Analyzing Categorical Variables with Two-Way Tables

Two-way tables can examine relationships between categorical variables like gender and online media usage. A survey of 33 students tracked their gender and if they played online or other media. The resulting two-way table showed that 4 of 16 girls and 10 of 17 boys played online, while 12 of 16 girls and 7 of 17 boys did not play online. The table can then be used to calculate probabilities about a randomly selected student's gender and online activity.

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Analyzing Categorical Variables with Two-Way Tables

Two-way tables can examine relationships between categorical variables like gender and online media usage. A survey of 33 students tracked their gender and if they played online or other media. The resulting two-way table showed that 4 of 16 girls and 10 of 17 boys played online, while 12 of 16 girls and 7 of 17 boys did not play online. The table can then be used to calculate probabilities about a randomly selected student's gender and online activity.

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Two-way tables (or contingency table)

Is a useful tool for examining relationships between categorical variables 1.

Example 13

In a survey a group of 33 students were asked if they play online or other different media. The
table shows the results obtained depending on the gender.

It wants to know (See table):

 What is the probability that, if a random student is selected, be a Girl and play online?
4/33 = 0.121 = 12.1%

 What is the probability that if a male student is selected, he does not play online?
2/17 = 0.117 = 11.7%

 What is the likelihood that, if a random student is selected, plays online? 14/33 = 42,42%

 What is the probability that a student will be randomly selected and play online? 19/33 =
57,57%

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Categorical variables take on values that are names or labels. Example: The blood type of a person, the city
that a person lives in.

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