Hi,
I would like to ask with regards of the question below:
"Suggest how the mortality rates for judges and divers might compare."
My initial thought was that being a diver would be more dangerous than being a judge, hence the mortality rate for divers would be relatively higher.
While I do agree with the sample solution stating that judges have higher average age, and hence have higher mortality rates, I would like to ask:
Apologies if my second point sounded long-winded, wanted to make sure I understand the thought process on the sample solution.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I would like to ask with regards of the question below:
"Suggest how the mortality rates for judges and divers might compare."
My initial thought was that being a diver would be more dangerous than being a judge, hence the mortality rate for divers would be relatively higher.
While I do agree with the sample solution stating that judges have higher average age, and hence have higher mortality rates, I would like to ask:
- Would I still receive marks for stating my initial thoughts as the answer? i.e. divers being a more dangerous job, which increases mortality rates.
- Does the sample solution mean that usually divers change job at earlier ages or it may not be practical to have old divers (at least, it won't be as relative high proportion compared to judges, I think)? In which case, the proportion of divers lean towards younger ages whereas there could be judges within the higher age group so from this view, judges would have higher mortality rates compared to divers?
Apologies if my second point sounded long-winded, wanted to make sure I understand the thought process on the sample solution.
Thanks in advance for any help!