Data from Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, indicate that 35% of adults who did not finish high school, 34% of high school graduates, 27% of adults who completed some college, and 10% of college graduates smoke. Suppose that one individual is selected at random and it is discovered that the individual smokes. Use the probabilities in the following table to calculate the probability that the individual is a college graduate.
Education | Employed | Unemployed |
Not a high school graduate | 0.0975 | 0.0080 |
High school graduate | 0.3108 | 0.0128 |
Some college, no degree | 0.1785 | 0.0062 |
Associate Degree | 0.0849 | 0.0023 |
Bachelor Degree | 0.1959 | 0.0041 |
Advanced Degree | 0.0975 | 0.0015 |
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