Question

Suppose a second, similar study had 1000 teens and that each gender was equally

epresented. Keeping the original conclusion that 17% of the male and 22% of the female
nternet users create their own blog, what percentage of teen bloggers would be female?
What percentage of teen bloggers would be male?

Answer 1

If we assume that the proportion of male and female internet users in the second study is the same as the first study (i.e., 60% female and 40% male), and that the percentage of male and female internet users who create their own blog is the same as the first study (i.e., 17% for male and 22% for female), then we can calculate the percentage of teen bloggers who are female and male.

First, we can calculate the number of male and female internet users in the second study:

Number of female internet users = 1000 x 0.5 x 0.6 = 300

Number of male internet users = 1000 x 0.5 x 0.4 = 200

Next, we can calculate the number of female and male teen bloggers in the second study, based on the percentages from the first study:

Number of female teen bloggers = 300 x 0.22 = 66

Number of male teen bloggers = 200 x 0.17 = 34

Finally, we can calculate the percentage of teen bloggers who are female and male:

Percentage of teen bloggers who are female = (66 / 1000) x 100% = 6.6%

Percentage of teen bloggers who are male = (34 / 1000) x 100% = 3.4%

Therefore, in the second study, 6.6% of teen bloggers would be female and 3.4% of teen bloggers would be male.