An economist is conducting a study on unemployment by surveying a random sample of 10,000 adults. The results
of the survey are shown in the table. Categories range in order from less than a High School Diploma at the bottom
to Doctoral Degree at the top.
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Highest Form of Number Number
Education Obtained Employed Unemployed
Totals
Doctoral degree
117
120
Professional degree
186
190
Master's degree
695
25 720
Bachelor's degree
1,681
79 1,750
Associate's degree
704
46 750
Some college,
1,966
164 2,130
no degree
High school diploma
2,613
237 2,850
Less than a high
1,296
184 1,480
school diploma
Totals
9,258
742 10,000
Select the probability that an adult picked randomly from the survey is unemployed with the highest form of
education obtained being at most an Associate's degree.
0.0047
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