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A survey of 400 college seniors resulted in the following crosstabulation regarding their undergraduate major and whether or not they plan to go to graduate school. What percentage of the undergraduates surveyed are majoring in Engineering?

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Undergraduate Major

Graduate School || Business || Engineering || Others

Yes ----- 35 ---------42 ---------- 63

No ----- ----91 ------- 104 --------- 65

Answer:

The percentage of the undergraduates surveyed who major in Engineering is 36.5%

Explanation:

Given: The above table

Required: Percentage of undergraduates that majored in Engineering

We'll solve this question irrespective of whether the undergraduate student plans to go to a graduate school or not.

Follow the steps below

Step 1: Calculate the total engineering students

Tot Engineering students = Undergraduate student that plan to go to graduate school + those that have no plans for graduate school

From the engineering column

Undergraduate student that plan to go to graduate school = 42

those that have no plans for graduate school = 104

Total = 42 + 104

Total = 146

Step 2: Calculate percentage of this category of undergraduates

Percentage is calculated as a ratio of required population to total population.

In other words,

Percentage = Required Population รท Total Population

Here,

Required population = total engineering students

Required population = 146

Total Population = 400

Percentage = 146/400

Percentage = 0.365

Percentage. = 36.5%

Hence, the percentage of the undergraduates surveyed who major in Engineering is 36.5%

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Answer:

38 %

Explanation:

Survey 400 college seniors resulted in the following cross tabulation . regarding their undergraduate major and graduate.

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