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Title | Age and Voting Preferences in Cross-Tabulation |
Assumed knowledge | Basic knowledge of percents and simple calculations of a weighted average |
Activities | Based on a contingency table (cross-tabulation) of 2020 Presidential voting choices and voter age categories, calculate the percentage of voters that voted for Biden without knowing the actual number of votes cast. |
Class time | 00-15 minutes |
Source | |
"How old are you?". Twitter. 2022-07-05. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18. | |
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