A report describes the results of a large survey involving approximately 3500 people that was conducted for the Center for Disea
se Control. The sample was selected in a way that the Center for Disease Control believed would result in a sample that was representative of adult Americans. One question on the survey asked respondents if they had learned something new about a health issue or disease from a TV show in the previous 6 months. Data from the survey was used to estimate the following probabilities, where L-event that a randomly selected adult American reports learning somethlng new about a health Issue or disease from a TV show in the previous 6 months and F-event that a randomly selected adult American is female Assume that P(F) 0.5. Are the events L and F independent events? Use probabilities to justify your answer. Land Flare notindependent events, because P(L) P(F)- 0.3 , which is not equal to P(L n F)
