You survey the students in your class to find out what kinds of movies they like to watch. The students were given the following choices: Comedy (C),
Horror (H), Drama (D), Action (A), Romance (R).
The following were the results of your survey:
C, C, R, R, D, R, H, H, C, A, A, R, A, A, A, R, R,
H, H, H, C, H, A, R, D, D, D, D, H, R
a. Make a frequency table for the movie genres.
b. What is the relative frequency of the people that chose comedies? Show
your calculation.
c. What is the relative frequency of the people that chose horror? Show
your calculation.
d. What is the relative frequency of the people that chose drama? Show
your calculation.
e. What is the relative frequency of the people that chose action? Show
your calculation.
f. What is the relative frequency of the people that chose romance? Show
your calculation.
g. Use the relative frequencies calculated in parts (b) – (f) to explain which
genre of movies is the most popular with your class. Explain your reasoning.
h. If you were having a party for your class which movie genre would you be
least likely to pick? Explain your reasoning.