For the following problem, refer to the contingency table for U.S. surgeons, cross classified by specialty and base of practice shown below.     Office Hospital Other Total General Surgery 24,128 12,225 1,658 38,011 Obstetrics/Gynecology 24,150 6,734 1,140 32,024 Orthopedics 13,364 4,248 414 18,026 Ophthalmology 12,328 2,694 518 15,540 Total 73,970 25,901 3,730 103,601 a) Find the conditional distribution of base of practice by specialty.     Office Hospital Other Total General Surgery         Obstetrics/Gynecology         Orthopedics         Ophthalmology         b) Find the marginal distribution of base of practice.   Office Hospital Other Total         c) Is there an association between base of practice and specialty? Answer yes or no.  d) Without doing further calculations, use your answer from part c) to answer true or false to the following statement. "The conditional distributions of specialty by base of practice are not identical."

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For the following problem, refer to the contingency table for U.S. surgeons, cross classified by specialty and base of practice shown below.

 

  Office Hospital Other Total
General Surgery 24,128 12,225 1,658 38,011
Obstetrics/Gynecology 24,150 6,734 1,140 32,024
Orthopedics 13,364 4,248 414 18,026
Ophthalmology 12,328 2,694 518 15,540
Total 73,970 25,901 3,730 103,601

a) Find the conditional distribution of base of practice by specialty.

 

  Office Hospital Other Total
General Surgery        
Obstetrics/Gynecology        
Orthopedics        
Ophthalmology        

b) Find the marginal distribution of base of practice.

 

Office Hospital Other Total
       

c) Is there an association between base of practice and specialty? Answer yes or no. 

d) Without doing further calculations, use your answer from part c) to answer true or false to the following statement. "The conditional distributions of specialty by base of practice are not identical." 

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