Question 9.26

9.26 Compare the college presidents with the general public.

Refer to Exercise 9.24. Another Pew Internet survey asked the general public about their opinions on the value of online courses. Of the 2142 people who participated in the survey, 621 responded Yes to the question, “Do you believe that online courses offer an equal educational value when compared with courses taken in the classroom?”

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  1. Use the data given in Exercise 9.24 to find the number of college presidents who responded Yes to the question.
  2. Construct a two-way table that you can use to compare the responses of the general public with the responses of the college presidents.
  3. Is it meaningful to interpret the marginal totals or percents for this table? Explain your answer.
  4. Analyze the data in your two-way table, and summarize the results.