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The following crosstabulation shows household income by educational level of the


Head of household (Statistical Abstract of the United States:2002)

Under 25.0- 50.0- 75.0- 100 or


Education Level 25 49.9 74.9 99.9 more total

Not HS Grads. 9,285 4,093 1,589 541 354 15,862


HS Graduates 10,150 9,821 6,050 2,737 2,028 30, 786
Some college 6,011 8,221 5,813 3,215 3,120 26, 380
Bachelor degree 2,138 3,985 3,952 2,698 4,748 17,521
Beyond Bachelor 813 1,497 1,815 1,589 3,765 9,479
Degree

TOTAL 28,397 27,617 19,219 10,780 14,015 100, 028

A. Develop a joint probability table.


B. What is the probability of a head of household not being a high school graduate?
C. What is the probability of a head of household having a Bachelor’s degree or more
Education?
D. What is the probability of a household headed by someone with a Bachelor’s degree
Earning $100,000 or more?
E. What is the probability of a household having income below $25,000?
F. What is the probability of a household headed by someone with a Bachelor’s degree
Earning less than $25,000
G. Is household income independent of education level?

I need a paragraph that explains mutually exclusive and independent events. In the
paragraph answer the questions:
A. What does it mean if two events are mutually exclusive? Give an example
B. What does it mean if two events are dependent? Independent? Give an example
C. Can a pair of events be both mutually exclusive and independent?

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