A New York Times Survey of Needy and Disabled Youths

Multiple Choice

A New York Times survey of needy and disabled youths showed that 51% of those who had no preschool education were arrested or charged with a crime by the time they were 19, whereas only 31% who had preschool education wound up in this category. The survey did not specify what percentage of the youths in the survey had preschool education, so let us take a guess at that and estimate that 75% of them had attended preschool. Would youths who had preschool education be more likely to be arrested or charged with a crime than those who did not ?

A) No
B) The probabilities are equal
C) Yes