What purchases will be made? A poll of 811 adults aged 18 or older asked about purchases that they intended to make for the upcoming holiday season.5 One of the questions asked what kind of gift they intended to buy for the person on whom they intended to spend the most. Clothing was the ?rst choice of 487 people.
(a) What proportion of adults said that clothing was their ?rst choice?
(b) What are the odds that an adult will say that clothing is his or her ?rst choice?
(c) What proportion of adults said that something other than clothing was their ?rst choice?
(d) What are the odds that an adult will say that something other than clothing is his or her ?rst choice?
(e) How are your answers to parts (a) and (d) related?