Question

the following frequency data shows the number of States including the District of Columbia that favorite each party in the presidential popular vote in 1976 and 2012. Drag and drop the correct equations and inequalities into the boxes to complete the explanation

Answer 1

The conditional relative frequency that a state was won by the Democrat in 2012, given that a Democrat won the state in 1976 is: 12 (won by the Democrat in 2012 and also in 1976)/24(Total won by the Democrat in 1976)= 50 %

The conditional relative frequency that a state was won by the Republican in 2012, given that a Republican won the state in 1976 is: 12 (won by the Republican in 2012 and also in 1976)/27(Total won by the Republican in 1976)= 44.4 %

Since 44.4 % < 50%, the 2012 Republican candidate was slightly less likely to win a state that had voted for the party's candidate in 1976 than the Democratic candidate.