8.1. GSS surveys routinely show that in the United States, about 40% of males and 40% of females believe that a women should be able to get an abortion if she wants it for any reason (variable ABANY).

(a) Construct a contingency table showing the conditional distribution on whether unrestricted abortion should be legal (yes, no) by gender.

(b) Based on these results, does statistical independence seem plausible between gender and opinion about unrestricted abortion? Explain.