Prize Winner, Part 2
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You will use your Algebra II Journal on this page.
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Algebra II Journal: Reflection 1
Respond to the following question in your Algebra II Journal and submit to your teacher.
Visit the site Khalid used to create the two-way table for age and number of children.
> WEAT: Web Enabled Analysis Tool
- Create a two-way table following these instructions:
- Select a year from the dropdown menu. Next, wait for the next page to load completely.
- Select a state from the "Step 1 Select State" menu. Click "All States/Territories." Note that it may take a few minutes for the page to load completely. Once the page loads with the list of states, select a state and continue with the steps below.
- Identify the health/safety topic that you would like to analyze by making a selection from the “Step 2 Select Row” menu.
- Make a selection for another category to analyze against your selection for the row from the “Step 3 Select Column” menu.
- You may choose to select Controls in the next two menus, but this is optional.
- Select the Statistics that you’d like to appear in your table from “Step 6 Select Statistics.”
- Click “Run Report.”
- Develop three different conditional probabilities that can be answered from your table.
- Provide the answers to your conditional probabilities.
- Determine if the two events in your table are independent or dependent of each other. Use what you know about conditional probabilities to support your answer.
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