Question

what is the marginal distribution of females? weight class vs. gender

	underweight	at goal weight	overweight	total
female	37	446	137	620
total	130	652	218	1000

(1 point)
62.0%
38.0%
13.0%
65.2%

Explanation:

Step1: Recall marginal - distribution formula

The marginal distribution of females is calculated as the proportion of females in the total population. The formula is $\frac{\text{Total number of females}}{\text{Total population}}\times100\%$.

Step2: Identify values from the table

The total number of females is 620 and the total population is 1000.

Step3: Calculate the marginal distribution

$\frac{620}{1000}\times 100\% = 62.0\%$

Answer:

62.0%