Government subsidy is intended to reduce the cost of living for the people. Government subsidies may be
Question:
Government subsidy is intended to reduce the cost of living for the people. Government subsidies may be in the form of cash or goods for people. Suppose a government’s records shows that 20% of the total population receives government subsidies and 75% of them are unemployed.
The 70% of the total population who do not receive subsidies are unemployed.
a) What percentage of the population does not receive government subsidy?
b) What type of probability is the 70% mentioned above?
c) Construct a contingency table showing all the joint and marginal probabilities.
d) What is the probability that a person does not receive government subsidy given that he or she is unemployed?
e) Are Do not receive government subsidy and Unemployed independent? Explain.
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Business Statistics
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