In a recent survey for an upcoming city mayoral election, people were asked to name the political party they identified with and also the the candidate they were going to vote for.
• Of the 150 people who identified themselves as Democrats, 133 said they would vote for the Democratic candidate. The rest said to
vote for the Republican.
. Of the 160 people who identified themselves as Republican, 142 said they would vote for the Republican candidate. The rest said ti
vote for the Democrat.
Complete the two-way frequency table for this situation.
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This question is solved using relative frequency concepts, finding the following two way frequency table, with the - separating the values:

0.4290 - 0.0540 - 0.4839

0.0581 - 0.4581 - 0.5161

0.4871 - 0.5121 - 1

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Relative frequency:

The relative frequency of a to b is given by a divided by b.

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Democratic:

Total of 150 + 160 = 310 voters.

Of the 150 Democrats, 133 voted for the Democrat and 150 - 133 = 17 voted for the Republican.

The frequencies are:

Proportion of democratic voters is:

Thus, the first line is: 0.4290 - 0.0540 - 0.4839

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Republican:

Of the 160 Republicans, 142 voted for the Republican and 160 - 142 = 18 voted for the Democrat.

The frequencies are:

The proportion of republican voters is:

Thus, the second line is: 0.0581 - 0.4581 - 0.5161

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Third line:

0.4290 + 0.0581 = 0.4871

0.0540 + 0.4581 = 0.5121

0.4839 + 0.5161 = 1

Thus, the third line is: 0.4871 - 0.5121 - 1

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Two-way frequency table:

The two-way frequency table is:

0.4290 - 0.0540 - 0.4839

0.0581 - 0.4581 - 0.5161

0.4871 - 0.5121 - 1

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