Question

In an effort to gauge how the​ country's population feels about ​ immigration, researchers surveyed adult citizens. One question asked​ was, "On the​ whole, do you think immigration is a good thing or a bad thing for this country​ today?" The results of the​ survey, by​ ethnicity, are given in the accompanying table. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (f).

	Non-Hispanic Whites	Blacks	Hispanics
Good thing	185	154	147
Bad thing	110	105	33
Good and Bad	9	14	12
No Opinion	9	11	6

(a) How many adult citizens were​ surveyed? How many Hispanics were​ surveyed?

(b) Construct a relative frequency marginal distribution.

(c) What proportion of adult citizens feel that immigration is a good thing for this​ country?

(d) Construct a conditional distribution of immigration opinion by ethnicity.

(e) Draw a bar graph of the conditional distribution found in part​ (d).

(f) Is ethnicity associated with opinion regarding​ immigration? If​ so, how?

Answer 1