Author Question: I am looking down on a parking lot, and can see that about 10 of the cars are red and about 15 of ... (Read 63 times)

waynest · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

I am looking down on a parking lot, and can see that about 10 of the cars are red and about 15 of the cars are blue. To estimate the probability that the next car to leave the lot will be red or blue, I would

a. add those two percentages.
b. multiply those two percentages.
c. count the number of green cars.
d. It can't be estimated from the information provided.

Question 2

Following up on the preceding question, suppose that you found that 27 of the new hires were women. You would probably be justified in concluding that

a. there was discrimination against men.
b. there was discrimination against women.
c. there was no discrimination on the basis of gender.
d. we don't have enough information to even start to answer the question.