For Exercises 17.1 and 17.2, see pages 17-3 to 17-4; for 17.3 and 17.4, see page 17-5; for 17.5 to 17.7, see page 17-8; for 17.8 to 17.10, see page 17-11; and for 17.11 to 17.13, see page 17-14.
17.1 Energy drink commercials.
A study was designed to compare Red Bull energy drink commercials. Each participant was shown the commercials, A and B, in random order and asked to select the better one. There were 140 women and 130 men who participated in the study. Commercial A was selected by 65 women and by 67 men. Find the odds of selecting Commercial A for the men. Do the same for the women.
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For men: the percent who chose Commercial A is 0.5154; the percent who chose Commercial B is 0.4846. The odds are 1.0636. For women: the percent who chose Commercial A is 0.4643; the percent who chose Commercial B is 0.5357. The odds are 0.8667.