Question

question 9 of 35 (3 points) | question attempt: 1 of 1
the table shows the top 10 majors chosen by undergraduate students at a particular university.

major	number of students	% of students (rounded)
psychology (psych)	8303	16.2%
nursing (nur)	7227	14.1%
biology (bio)	5330	10.4%
spanish (span)	4459	8.7%
english (eng)	3485	6.8%
accounting (acc)	2101	4.1%
history (his)	1691	3.3%
economics (econ)	1486	2.9%
statistics (stats)	1333	2.6%

(a) give the set of majors that were chosen by 4000 to 8000 students. use roster form for your set.
(b) give the set of majors that were chosen by more than 9% of the students. use roster form for your set.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify majors for 4000 - 8000 students

Check number of students for each major in table.

Step2: List relevant majors

Psychology (8303), Nursing (7227), Biology (5330), Spanish (4459) are in range.

Step3: Identify majors for more - than 9% students

Check percentage of students for each major.

Step4: List relevant majors

Business (19.1%), Psychology (16.2%), Nursing (14.1%), Biology (10.4%) have more than 9% students.

Answer:

(a) $\{\text{Psych}, \text{Nur}, \text{Bio}, \text{Span}\}$
(b) $\{\text{Bus}, \text{Psych}, \text{Nur}, \text{Bio}\}$