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Recent revenue shortfalls in a southern state led to a reduction in the state budget for higher education. To offset the reduction, the largest state university proposed a 25% tuition increase. It was determined that such an increase was needed to simply compensate for the lost support from the state. Random samples of 50 freshmen, 50 sophomores, 50 juniors, and 50 seniors from the university were asked whether they were strongly opposed to the increase, given that it was the minimum increase necessary to maintain the university's budget at current levels. The results are given in the following table.
Strongly Opposed | Freshman (1st year) | Sophomore (2nd year) | Junior (3rd year) | Senior (4th year) |
Yes | 39 | 36 | 29 | 18 |
No | 11 | 14 | 21 | 32 |
To compare the four classes (year in school) with respect to their opinion regarding the proposed tuition increase, which distribution should we calculate?