The owner of a restaurant that serves Continental-style entréeshas the business objective of learning more about the patterns ofpatron demand during the Friday-to-Sunday weekend time period. Shedecided to study the demand for dessert during this time period. Inaddition to studying whether a dessert was ordered, she will studythe gender of the individual and whether a beef entrée was ordered.Data were collected from 630 customers and organized in thefollowing contingency tables:
| Gender | |
Dessert Ordered | Male | Female | Total |
Yes | 50 | 96 | 146 |
No | 250 | 234 | 484 |
Total | 300 | 330 | 630 |
| Beef Entree | |
Dessert Ordered | Yes | No | Total |
Yes | 74 | 68 | 142 |
No | 123 | 365 | 488 |
Total | 197 | 433 | 630 |
At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of adifference between males and females in the proportion who orderdessert?
At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of adifference in the proportion who order dessert based on whether abeef entrée has been ordered?
