In 2014, Pew Research Center released the results of a survey among U.S. adults that asked nearly 2000 people how satisfied they are with their current financial situation (www.pewsocialtrends .org/datasets/). Responses were collected by gender, using a five-point scale ranging from ?Very Satisfied? to ?Very Dissatisfied,? with an option to refuse to answer. The tabulated results appear in the contingency table below:

a) Compare the distribution of opinions between males and females in the survey. Is it reasonable for someone to conclude that females are less satisfied than males with their financial situation?

b) Would it be reasonable to conclude that there are more than 50% males in the United States from the data? Why or why not?

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Somewhat Somewhat Gender satisfied satisfied dissatisfied dissatisfied Answer Total Very Very No Male 325 397 171 132 29 1054 Female 285 335 163 134 23 940 Total 610 732 334 266 52 1994