Management at a local company asked employees if they were interested in obtaining job training. Responses are summarized by employment type (salaried or hourly), and whether the employee is interested (yes or no) in job training.                          Salaried  Hourly  Total yes                       68         56         124 no                        11          44          55 total                     79         100         179   Compute the probability that an employee is salaried. Give your answer as a decimal, precise to at least three decimal places. p salaried = Next, compute the probability that an employee who is interested in training is salaried. Gives your answer as a decimal, precise to at least three decimal places. p salaried /yes=  Finally, use the results from the two preceeding calculations to determine whether or not employment type and interest in training are independent. No, the two events are not independent. Yes, the two events are independent.

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Management at a local company asked employees if they were interested in obtaining job training. Responses are summarized by employment type (salaried or hourly), and whether the employee is interested (yes or no) in job training.

                         Salaried  Hourly  Total

yes                       68         56         124

no                        11          44          55

total                     79         100         179

 

Compute the probability that an employee is salaried. Give your answer as a decimal, precise to at least three decimal places.

p salaried =

Next, compute the probability that an employee who is interested in training is salaried. Gives your answer as a decimal, precise to at least three decimal places.

p salaried /yes= 

Finally, use the results from the two preceeding calculations to determine whether or not employment type and interest in training are independent.

No, the two events are not independent.
Yes, the two events are independent.

 

 

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