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Question 3:

1. "A majority reported that ethicists’ moral behavior was about the same as that of other philosophers". Here, we look at the row with comparing to other philosophers and compare the sum of values in column "Same" with all responses. We get: \(\frac{18+18}{(12+15)+(18+18)+(4+13)} = \frac{36}{80} < \frac{40}{80} = 50\%\). So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

2. "They tend to be more skilled at moral reflection than are ethicists". However, the text says differently: "ethicists tend to be both more prone to and more skilled at moral reflection than non-ethicists". So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

3. "They were more likely to report better moral behavior by ethicists relative to the comparison groups than they were to report worse moral behavior". Let's consider the 2 rows with the respondent being other philosophers and compare the number of responses in the "Better" column to the "Worse" column. We get that the values are larger in the "Better" column: 15 > 13 and 19 > 11. So, the statement does accurately reflect the information.
I believe in Q3 in the first statement, we merely are focussing on the non-ethicist philosophers surveyed, like it is stated in the prompt. It would still be a NO but the calculation should be 18/46. Correct?
Good catch! Since it's only about the non-ethicist philosophers surveyed, we only look at the row with the respondent specialization as other philosophers. Here you're correct and the calculation is \(\frac{18}{(15)+(18)+(13)} = \frac{18}{46}\)
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For Q2 pt 3 we do not have the data for non academics then how can we answer "How many respondents rated the moral behavior of ethicists as worse than the behavior of other philosophers? "
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For Q2 pt 3 we do not have the data for non academics then how can we answer "How many respondents rated the moral behavior of ethicists as worse than the behavior of other philosophers? "

We do not need the data for non academic respondents since they don't exist in the survey: "Respondents to the survey belonged to exactly one of two categories: ethicists and other philosophers (non-ethicists)." I hope that answered your question!
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I think the earlier calculation done by Bismuth83 was correct
We are talking about Majority reported that ethicists moral behaviour was about the same as other philosophers
18 Ethicists reported they are same as other Philosophers
18 Other Phils reported Ethicists are same as them

Why are we only considering non ethicists? I do not think that is what the statment mentions
We have to consider both ethicists and other phils (non ethicists)

It should be 36/50.

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Question 3:

1. "A majority reported that ethicists’ moral behavior was about the same as that of other philosophers". Here, we look at the row with comparing to other philosophers and compare the sum of values in column "Same" with all responses. We get: \(\frac{18+18}{(12+15)+(18+18)+(4+13)} = \frac{36}{80} < \frac{40}{80} = 50\%\). So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

2. "They tend to be more skilled at moral reflection than are ethicists". However, the text says differently: "ethicists tend to be both more prone to and more skilled at moral reflection than non-ethicists". So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

3. "They were more likely to report better moral behavior by ethicists relative to the comparison groups than they were to report worse moral behavior". Let's consider the 2 rows with the respondent being other philosophers and compare the number of responses in the "Better" column to the "Worse" column. We get that the values are larger in the "Better" column: 15 > 13 and 19 > 11. So, the statement does accurately reflect the information.
I believe in Q3 in the first statement, we merely are focussing on the non-ethicist philosophers surveyed, like it is stated in the prompt. It would still be a NO but the calculation should be 18/46. Correct?
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I think the earlier calculation done by Bismuth83 was correct
We are talking about Majority reported that ethicists moral behaviour was about the same as other philosophers
18 Ethicists reported they are same as other Philosophers
18 Other Phils reported Ethicists are same as them

Why are we only considering non ethicists? I do not think that is what the statment mentions
We have to consider both ethicists and other phils (non ethicists)

It should be 36/50.

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Question 3:

1. "A majority reported that ethicists’ moral behavior was about the same as that of other philosophers". Here, we look at the row with comparing to other philosophers and compare the sum of values in column "Same" with all responses. We get: \(\frac{18+18}{(12+15)+(18+18)+(4+13)} = \frac{36}{80} < \frac{40}{80} = 50\%\). So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

2. "They tend to be more skilled at moral reflection than are ethicists". However, the text says differently: "ethicists tend to be both more prone to and more skilled at moral reflection than non-ethicists". So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

3. "They were more likely to report better moral behavior by ethicists relative to the comparison groups than they were to report worse moral behavior". Let's consider the 2 rows with the respondent being other philosophers and compare the number of responses in the "Better" column to the "Worse" column. We get that the values are larger in the "Better" column: 15 > 13 and 19 > 11. So, the statement does accurately reflect the information.
I believe in Q3 in the first statement, we merely are focussing on the non-ethicist philosophers surveyed, like it is stated in the prompt. It would still be a NO but the calculation should be 18/46. Correct?

The questions for Q3 starts with: "For each of the following statements about the non-ethicist philosophers surveyed,..." That means we are considering only the results of the survey from non-ethicist philosophers.
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Hi Sir,

Can you please help me how you derive equation for Q3:1 as 18/46<23/46
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Question 1:

1. We are asked to find the "percent of the ethicist respondents who rated the moral behavior of ethicists as better than the moral behavior of other philosophers".

2. For the 1st column, we are comparing ethicists' behavior to other philosophers.

3. In the 2nd column, we are considering ethicist respondents.

4. The percent is equal to the number of responses in that row, which selected "Better", divided by the total amount of responses there. In other words, the percentage will equal \(\frac{12}{12+18+4} = \frac{12}{34} \approx 35\%\).

Question 2:

1. "How many people attended the philosophical conference?" If we look through the text, we can find that "we surveyed some of the attendees of a philosophical conference". This means that the data doesn't include the total number of attendees. So, there isn't enough information.

2. "How many of the conference attendees were respondents to the survey?" We can find this number by summing up either the top two rows with numbers, or the bottom two rows. So, there is enough information.

3. "How many respondents rated the moral behavior of ethicists as worse than the behavior of other philosophers?" Using a similar strategy as in Question 1, we can search the row with comparing to other philosophers and the column "Worse". We have two values - 4 and 13 - the sum of which is our answer. So, there is enough information.

Question 3:

1. "A majority reported that ethicists’ moral behavior was about the same as that of other philosophers". Here, we look at the row with comparing to other philosophers and the row with the respondent specialization as other philosophers. Now compare the sum of values in column "Same" with all responses. We get: \(\frac{18}{(15)+(18)+(13)} = \frac{18}{46} < \frac{23}{46} = 50\%\). So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

2. "They tend to be more skilled at moral reflection than are ethicists". However, the text says differently: "ethicists tend to be both more prone to and more skilled at moral reflection than non-ethicists". So, the statement doesn't accurately reflect the information.

3. "They were more likely to report better moral behavior by ethicists relative to the comparison groups than they were to report worse moral behavior". Let's consider the 2 rows with the respondent being other philosophers and compare the number of responses in the "Better" column to the "Worse" column. We get that the values are larger in the "Better" column: 15 > 13 and 19 > 11. So, the statement does accurately reflect the information.
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Hi Sir,

Can you please help me how you derive equation for Q3:1 as 18/46<23/46

He is not “deriving an equation.” He is only checking if “Same” is more than half.

For non-ethicist philosophers:
Better 15 + Same 18 + Worse 13 = total 46

Half of 46 is 23. “Same” is 18

So he writes 18/46 < 23/46 just to show 18 is not more than half.
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