To see if event A and event B are independent of each other, test if P(A|B) = P(A) or if P(B|A) = P(B).If the two sides of the equation(s) are equal, then the two events are independent; if not equal,...

To see if event A and event B are independent of each other, test if P(A|B) = P(A) or if P(B|A) = P(B).If the two sides of the equation(s) are equal, then the two events are independent; if not equal, then not independent.

Suppose you want to determine if female instructors are being discriminated against at a large university.You have collected data on instructors’ gender and promotion status, and organized the data in the following probability table: