Use the figure to find the joint distribution, the two marginal distribution, and the conditional distribution. Which conditional distribution do you prefer to explain the result of your analysis? give a reason for your answer.
boys | girls | |||
more | 732 | 671 | 1403 | |
never | 106 | 140 | 246 | |
once | 125 | 192 | 317 | |
963 | 1003 | 1966 | ||
joint | ||||
boys | girls | |||
more | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.71 | |
never | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.13 | |
once | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.16 | |
0.49 | 0.51 | 1.00 | ||
marginal | ||||
Gender | p | |||
Boys | 0.49 | |||
Girls | 0.51 | |||
1.00 | ||||
Times | ||||
more | 0.71 | |||
never | 0.13 | |||
once | 0.16 | |||
1.00 | ||||
conditional | ||||
Times given gender | ||||
given boy | given girl | |||
more | 0.76 | more | 0.67 | |
never | 0.11 | never | 0.14 | |
once | 0.13 | once | 0.19 | |
1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Gneder given Times | ||||
given More | Boys | Girls | ||
0.52 | 0.48 | |||
given Never | Boys | Girls | ||
0.43 | 0.57 | |||
given Once | Boys | Girls | ||
0.39 | 0.61 |
Formulas in Excel
boys | girls | |||
more | 732 | 671 | =B2+C2 | |
never | 106 | 140 | =B3+C3 | |
once | 125 | 192 | =B4+C4 | |
=SUM(B2:B4) | =SUM(C2:C4) | =SUM(D2:D4) | ||
joint | ||||
boys | girls | |||
more | =B2/1966 | =C2/1966 | =B9+C9 | |
never | =B3/1966 | =C3/1966 | =B10+C10 | |
once | =B4/1966 | =C4/1966 | =B11+C11 | |
=SUM(B9:B11) | =SUM(C9:C11) | =SUM(D9:D11) | ||
marginal | ||||
Gender | p | |||
Boys | =B12 | |||
Girls | =C12 | |||
=B16+B17 | ||||
Times | ||||
more | =D9 | |||
never | =D10 | |||
once | =D11 | |||
=SUM(B20:B22) | ||||
conditional | ||||
Times given gender | ||||
given boy | given girl | |||
more | =B2/963 | more | =C2/1003 | |
never | =B3/963 | never | =C3/1003 | |
once | =B4/963 | once | =C4/1003 | |
=SUM(B27:B29) | =SUM(E27:E29) | |||
Gneder given Times | ||||
given More | Boys | Girls | ||
=B2/1403 | =C2/1403 | |||
given Never | Boys | Girls | ||
=B3/246 | =C3/246 | |||
given Once | Boys | Girls | ||
=B4/317 | =C4/317 |
Use the figure to find the joint distribution, the two marginal distribution, and the conditional distribution. Which conditional distribution do you prefer to explain the result of your analysis? gi...