Two-Way Tables

Key Questions

• How do you calculate marginal, joint, and conditional probabilities from a two-way table?

  If you are given a pmf = #p_(XY)(x,y)#

  and you would like to find the marginal #p_Y(y)#

  we would use the formula #p_y(y) = sum_ip(x_i,y)#

  in other words you would sum over all of #x# at the point #y#

  

  So if we look at this table and want to find the marginal #p_Y(3)#

  we go:

  #p_Y(3) = P( Y = 3)#
  # = P(Y = 3, X = 3) + P(Y = 3, X=4)#
  #= 0.1 + 0.2#
  #=0.3#

  Now to look at the formula for the conditional probability

  we can look at the formula for #x# given #y# which is a conditional probability.

  #p_(X|Y)(x|y) = P(X = x_i | Y = y_j) = (P(X = x_i, Y= y_j))/(P(Y = y_j))#

  #=(p_(XY)(x_i,y_j))/(p_Y(y_i))#

  now to use an example, we will look back at our table.

  let us look for the conditional probability of:

  #p_(X|Y)(3|4) = 0.1/0.4 = 0.25#

  Thus, the probability that #X = 3# given that #Y=4# is #0.25#

  Miles A. · 1 · May 18 2015
• What is a two-way table?

  A two-way table is a display of data divided into two different categories of subsets.

  In the example below, the categories are
  age range: with subsets for ages 0-5, 6-10, and 11-15
  color preference: with subsets for various color choices

  

  The entry at D5 (value 8) indicates that 8 children in the age range 6-10 chose yellow as their preferred color.

  The sum of values across a line indicates the number of children who chose the color for that line across all age ranges.

  The sum of values down a column indicates the number of children surveyed in the corresponding age range.

  Alan P. · 1 · Feb 17 2015

• Consider a two-way table that summarizes age and ice cream preference. Of the children, 7 prefer vanilla, 12 prefer chocolate, and 3 prefer butter pecan. Of the adults, 10 prefer vanilla, 31 prefer chocolate, and 8 prefer butter pecan. What is the joint probability that a randomly selected person is a child who prefers chocolate?
• What is a joint probability in a two-way table?
• What is a conditional probability in a two-way table?
• Consider a two-way table that summarizes age and ice cream preference. Of the children, 7 prefer vanilla, 12 prefer chocolate, and 3 prefer butter pecan. Of the adults, 10 prefer vanilla, 31 prefer chocolate, and 8 prefer butter pecan. What is the conditional probability that a person prefers vanilla, GIVEN THAT the person is an adult?
• Consider a two-way table that summarizes age and ice cream preference. Of the children, 7 prefer vanilla, 12 prefer chocolate, and 3 prefer butter pecan. Of the adults, 10 prefer vanilla, 31 prefer chocolate, and 8 prefer butter pecan. What is the probability that a randomly selected individual is a child, GIVEN THAT the person prefers butter pecan?
• Consider a two-way table that summarizes age and ice cream preference. Of the children, 7 prefer vanilla, 12 prefer chocolate, and 3 prefer butter pecan. Of the adults, 10 prefer vanilla, 31 prefer chocolate, and 8 prefer butter pecan. Are the events "chocolate" and "child" independent? Why or why not?
• What is a two-way table?
• How do you calculate marginal, joint, and conditional probabilities from a two-way table?
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