A.3.2 Learning Goal
I can calculate values in a relative frequency table and describe what the values mean in everyday language.
The actual values used in the relative frequency table in the opener are below:
This is the frequency table from the opener:
Although there are more teachers with bachelor’s degrees than non-teachers with bachelor’s degrees, the percentage is lower. This is because there are more teachers who responded to this survey overall, and the
table shows the relative percentage of adults for each group (column). That is, the 26 teachers with bachelor’s degrees are considered among the 50 teachers while the 16 non-teachers with bachelor’s degrees are only considered among the 25 non-teachers.
This is the frequency table from the opener:
Although there are more teachers with bachelor’s degrees than non-teachers with bachelor’s degrees, the percentage is lower. This is because there are more teachers who responded to this survey overall, and the
table shows the relative percentage of adults for each group (column). That is, the 26 teachers with bachelor’s degrees are considered among the 50 teachers while the 16 non-teachers with bachelor’s degrees are only considered among the 25 non-teachers.