Mavis is interested in whether military dependency is

related to gender in American Samoa. Here is data she

collected about the population of American Samoa in

2010:

Military status

Female

Male

In Armed Forces

28

59

Military-dependent

928

781

Civilian

26,393

27,330

Find the marginal distribution of gender in counts.

In Armed Forces Military-dependent Civilian Total

Female 0.0005 0.0167 0.4753 0.4925

Male 0.0010 0.0143 0.4922 0.5075

Total 0.0015 0.0310 0.9675 1

Step-by-step explanation:

To get the marginal distribution of the table, first you have to add one column for each row's total, and one row for each column's total, as follows:

In Armed Forces Military-dependent Civilian Total

Female 28 928 26,393 27349

Male 59 781 27,330 28170

Total 87 1709 53723 55519

To compute the marginal distribution, you have to divide the amount of each subset by the total. For example, for females in armed forces is: 28/55519 = 0.0005. All other values are calculated in an analogous way.

Female: 27,349

Male: 28,170

Step-by-step explanation:

The marginal distribution of gender shows the totals for each gender, that is, how many total people are female and how many are male.

Let's find the totals.

Female:

28 + 928 + 26,393 = 27,349



Male:

59 + 781 + 27,330 = 28,170



The answer:

Female: 27,349

Male: 28,170