Trends in categorical data

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Dimitris Kesanlis

January 20, 2025 19:03

Hello. I have trouble understanding the meaning of this phrase:
"but only 50%of all people in the study are from Virginia." This doesn't make sense to me. Why would you even say that? It seems irrelevant. And you can't say only. These are half the people. How is this only? I'm ESL, and maybe in this context, the word only means something different. Please help.

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JaniceHolz

April 29, 2025 04:47
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Answer A is contrasting that the percentage of people who oppose candidate X who are from Virginia is higher than the percentage of people in the study who are from Virginia. That's why it says "only 50%" - because that is less than 58.3% and shows a correlation between being from Virginia and opposing candidate X.

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