A professor wants to determine whether her department should keep the requirement of college algebra as...

A professor wants to determine whether her department should keep the requirement of college algebra as a prerequisite for an Introductory Statistics course. Accordingly, she allows some students to register for the course on a pass-fail basis regardless of whether or not they have had the prerequisite. At the end of the semester, the professor compares the number of students passing or failing the class with whether or not they had algebra. Of the 70 students in the class, 30 out of 45 who have had algebra and 5 out of 25 who have not passed the course. Are students more likely to pass the course if they have taken college algebra?

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