Percentage frequency distribution of employment by sector

Reference no: EM13990175

Statistics South Africa reported the number of people employed by sector in a given year as follows (in thousands): 6 678 in the formal business sector (excluding agriculture); 1 492 in the commercial agricultural sector; 653 in subsistence agriculture; 2 865 in the informal business sector; and 914 in the domestic service sector.

(a) Construct a percentage frequency distribution of employment by sector.

(b) What is the probability that a randomly selected employed person works in the domestic service sector?

(c) If an employed person is selected at random from the workforce, what is the likelihood that the person earns a living through agriculture?

(d) If a person is known to work in the business sector (both formal and informal), what is the likelihood that the person is an informal trader?

(e) Name the probability types or rules used in questions (b), (c) and (d).

Reference no: EM13990175

Questions Cloud

Find the approximate uncertainty in energy of the photon : An electron traveling at 3.00 x 104 m/s is further accelerated to an excited state by a potential difference so as to reduce its de Broglie wavelength to one-third of its original value. How much voltage is required to accomplish this? The electro..

Compute the coefficient of variation of exam scores : (a) Compute the coefficient of variation of exam scores for each trainee group. (b) Which group showed greater consistency in exam score performance? Why?

Find the speed of the electron : Assuming the maximum depth of penetration into the magnetic field filled region for the electron is 2 cm, determine how much time would the electron be inside the magnetic field filled region.

How is the info being presented : How-is the info being presented? Does it seem biased in any way, and if so, how does this affect your understanding of the relevance and reliability of this source

Percentage frequency distribution of employment by sector : (a) Construct a percentage frequency distribution of employment by sector. (b) What is the probability that a randomly selected employed person works in the domestic service sector?

Discuss the lyrics in terms of poetry : Choose any song you wish (contemporary is fine). Look up the lyrics using a website such as http://www.azlyrics.com/ or http://www.elyrics.net/ (Make sure to cite the source you use!). Using AT LEAST one verse and the refrain, discuss the lyrics i..

How does this building conform to the architect''s style : Use this book only: Fred S. Kleiner's Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Western Perspective, Volume II (14 th edition)

Percentage frequency distribution of apple grades : An apple cooperative in Elgin, Western Cape receives and groups apples into A, B, C and D grades for packaging and export. In a batch of 1 500 apples, 795 were found to be grade A, 410 were grade B, 106 were grade C and the rest grade D. (a) ..

Compare two qualitative paradigms : In this assignment, you will gain an understanding of qualitative paradigms for your future dissertation. Compare two qualitative paradigms-"a framework for observation and understanding what we see and how we understand it" (Bernard & Ryan, 2010; ..

User Account

All Pages