Sprinkles Jelly Beans Total

Vanilla 102 73 175
Chocolate 65 125 190
Total 167 198 365
You have gathered your grade’s votes for favorite ice cream flavor and topping. Then you organized the data into a two-way frequency table. Interpret the table to generate a two-way table of conditional relative frequencies for students who prefer sprinkles or jelly beans, given they prefer chocolate or vanilla. Round your answers to the nearest whole percentage.

(1 point)
Sprinkles (%) Jelly Beans (%)
Vanilla
%
%
Chocolate 34 66

1 answer

To calculate the conditional relative frequencies for students who prefer sprinkles or jelly beans, given that they prefer chocolate or vanilla, we will use the data from the original two-way frequency table.

The total number of students who prefer each ice cream flavor (Vanilla and Chocolate) will be used as the denominators for the conditional relative frequency calculations.

  1. Vanilla:

    • Total votes for Vanilla = 175
    • Votes for Sprinkles (Vanilla) = 102
    • Votes for Jelly Beans (Vanilla) = 73

    The conditional relative frequency for both toppings when given Vanilla is calculated as follows:

    • Sprinkles (Vanilla): \[ \text{Relative Frequency (Sprinkles | Vanilla)} = \left( \frac{102}{175} \right) \times 100 \approx 58.29% \quad \text{(rounded to 58%)} \]
    • Jelly Beans (Vanilla): \[ \text{Relative Frequency (Jelly Beans | Vanilla)} = \left( \frac{73}{175} \right) \times 100 \approx 41.71% \quad \text{(rounded to 42%)} \]
  2. Chocolate:

    • Total votes for Chocolate = 190
    • Votes for Sprinkles (Chocolate) = 65
    • Votes for Jelly Beans (Chocolate) = 125

    The conditional relative frequency for both toppings when given Chocolate is calculated as follows:

    • Sprinkles (Chocolate): \[ \text{Relative Frequency (Sprinkles | Chocolate)} = \left( \frac{65}{190} \right) \times 100 \approx 34.21% \quad \text{(rounded to 34%)} \]
    • Jelly Beans (Chocolate): \[ \text{Relative Frequency (Jelly Beans | Chocolate)} = \left( \frac{125}{190} \right) \times 100 \approx 65.79% \quad \text{(rounded to 66%)} \]

Now we can summarize the results in a two-way table of conditional relative frequencies:

| | Sprinkles (%) | Jelly Beans (%) | |-------------|---------------|------------------| | Vanilla | 58% | 42% | | Chocolate | 34% | 66% |

So, the completed conditional relative frequency table would be:

Sprinkles (%): 58
Jelly Beans (%): 42