Question

Using the following table, what is the term that best describes the entry of 0.31?

Do you prefer dancing or playing sports?

Playing sports Dancing Row totals
Male students 0.25 0.27 0.52
Female students 0.17 0.31 0.48
Column totals 0.42 0.58 1

Joint frequency Joint relative frequency Marginal frequency Marginal relative frequency

Answer 1

let's use POE

since all of the totals are taken out of 1, this is a relative frequency (otherwise we would be seeing whole #'s)

so we can choose between joint relative freq vs marginal relative freq.

now, the marginal frequencies would be located near the edges of the table while the joint relative frequencies would be at the middle of the table, at the intersection of a row and column

with that being said what do you think the best choice is?