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Abortion provider survey. The Alan Guttmacher Institute Abortion Provider Survey is a surv...

Abortion provider survey. The Alan Guttmacher Institute Abortion Provider Survey is a survey of all 238 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

Fewer

50 or

 

at Home

than 50

More

Totals

Yes

170

130

300

No

48

10

58

Totals

218

140

358

Based on Henshaw, S. K., and Finer, L. B. “The accessibility of abortion services in the United States, 2001.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 35, No. 1, Jan./Feb. 2003 (Table).

a. Find the probability that the provider permits home use of the abortion drug.


b.  Find the probability that the provider permits home use of the drug or has a case load of fewer than 50 abortions.


c.  Find the probability that the provider permits home use of the drug and has a case load of fewer than 50 abortions.

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