Question

	rep	dem	ind
male	200	150	50
female	250	300	50

1. An exit poll surveyed a random sample of 1000 voters. Voters were classified by gender and by voting preferences: republican, democrat, or independent. The results are shown in the table above.

(a) Does the data indicate that there is a gender gap in voting preferences? That is, are voting preferences and gender independent? Test the hypothesis at the 10% significance level.

(b) After doing this problem, in your own words, state the meaning of the term gender gap. If there is no gender gap, what do you expect to see in your data?

Answer 1