Political Party, Again A person is selected randomly from the sample summarized in the table for Exercise . We want to find the probability that a conservative person is a Democrat. Which of the following statements best describes the problem? (Choose one.)
i. P(conservative Democrat) "conservative given Democrat"
ii. P(Democrat conservative) "Democrat given conservative"
iii. P(Democrat AND conservative)
Exercise :
GSS: Political Party The General Social Survey (GSS) is a survey done nearly every year at the University of Chicago. One survey, summarized in the table, asked each respondent to report her or his political party affiliation and whether she or he was liberal, moderate, or conservative. (Dem stands for Democrat, and Rep stands for Republican.)
a. If one person is chosen randomly from the group, what is the probability that the person is liberal?
b. If one person is chosen randomly from the group, what is the probability that the person is a Democrat?