Question

each of forty - two middle school students was asked, \what is your favorite subject?\ here are the results.

• 9 girls and 8 boys chose \science\.
• 11 girls and 14 boys chose \social studies\.

construct a two - way frequency table for the data.

Explanation:

Step1: Define table categories

Rows: Gender (Girls, Boys); Columns: Subject (Science, Social Studies)

Step2: Fill in Science frequencies

Girls (Science): $9$, Boys (Science): $8$

Step3: Fill in Social Studies frequencies

Girls (Social Studies): $11$, Boys (Social Studies): $14$

Answer:

	Science	Social Studies
Boys	8	14