AP Statistics 1.3 B Describe Categorical One Variable Tabular Representations with Summary Statistics Questions

Practise describing categorical tables with proportions by dividing a category count by the full sample size and interpreting the resulting relative frequency.

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Select the category count and divide by the total frequency to express its sample proportion.

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From a sample of 52 people, data were collected on each person's age and film genre preference. The responses are shown in the table, classified by age-group.

Film Genre Preference by Age-Group

What proportion of people in the sample preferred romance?

$\frac{5}{12}$

$\frac{5}{18}$

$\frac{5}{52}$

$\frac{12}{52}$

$\frac{40}{52}$

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