Education of Prisoners. In the article Education and Correctional Populations (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, NCJ

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Education of Prisoners. In the article “Education and Correctional Populations” (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, NCJ 195670), C. Harlow examined the educational attainment of prisoners by type of prison facility. The following contingency table was adapted from Table 1 of the article. Frequencies are in thousands, rounded to the nearest hundred. Educational attainment Prison facility State Federal Local Total 8th grade 149.9 10.6 66.0 226.5 or less Some high 269.1 12.9 168.2 450.2 school GED 300.8 20.1 71.0 391.9 High school 216.4 24.0 130.4 370.8 diploma Postsecondary 95.0 14.0 51.9 160.9 College grad 25.3 7.2 16.1 48.6 or more Total 1056.5 88.8 503.6 1648.9 How many prisoners

a. are in state facilities?

b. have at least a college education?

c. are in federal facilities and have at most an 8th-grade education?

d. are in federal facilities or have at most an 8th-grade education?

e. in local facilities have a postsecondary educational attainment?

f. who have a postsecondary educational attainment are in local facilities?

g. are not in federal facilities?

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Introductory Statistics

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