The Alan Guttmacher Institute Abortion Provider Survey is a survey of all 358 known nonhospital abortion providers in the United States (Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Jan./Feb. 2003). For one part of the survey, the 358 providers were classified according to case load (number of abortions performed per year) and whether they permit their patients to take the abortion drug misoprostol
The Alan Guttmacher Institute Abortion Provider Survey is a survey of all 358 known nonhospital abortion
providers in the United States (Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Jan./Feb. 2003). For one part
of the survey, the 358 providers were classified according to case load (number of abortions performed per
year) and whether they permit their patients to take the abortion drug misoprostol at home or require the
patients to return to the abortion facility to receive the drug. The responses are summarized in the
accompanying table. Suppose we select, at random, one of the 358 providers and observe the provider's case
load (fewer than 50, or 50 or more) and home use of the drug (yes or no).
| Number of Abortions | |||
| Permit Drug at Home | Fewer than 50 | 50 or more | Totals |
| Yes | 170 | 130 | 300 |
| No | 48 | 10 | 58 |
| Totals | 218 | 140 | 358 |
a. Find the
home use of the abortion drug.
b. Find the probability that the case load of a provider is 50 or more, given that the provider does not
permit home use of the drug
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