TER 7 17 Views on Capital Punishment In carrying out a study of views on capital punishment a student asked a question two ways 1 With persuasion My brother has been accused of murder and he is innocent If he is found guilty he might suffer capital punishment Now do you support or oppose capital punishment 2 Without persuasion Do you support or oppose capital punishment Here is a breakdown of her actual data Men For capital punishment Against capital punishment Women SURVEY SAMPLING AND INI For capital punishment Against capital punishment With persuasion 6 9 With persuasion 2 8 No persuasion 13 2 No persuasion 5 5 a What percentage of those persuaded against it support capital punishment b What percentage of those not persuaded against it support capital punishment c Compare the percentages in parts a and b Is this what you expected Explain 7 18 Views on Capital Punishment Use the data given in Exercise 7 17 Make the two given tables into one table by combining men for capital punishment into one group men opposing it into another women for it into one group and women opposing it into another Show your two way table The student who collected the data could have made the results misleading by trying persuasion more often on one gender than on the other but she did not do this She used persuasion on 10 of 20 women 50 and on 15 of 30 men 50 a What percentage of the men support capital punishment What per centage of the women support it b On the basis of these results if you were on trial for murder and did not want to suffer capital punishment would you want men or women on your jury