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In murder trials in 20 Florida counties during 1976 and 1977, the death penalty was given in 19 out of 151 cases in which a white killed a white, in 0 out of 9 cases in which a white killed a black, in 11 out of 63 cases in which a black killed a white, and in 6 out of 103 cases in which a black killed a black.

-Exhibit the data as a three-way contingency table. Construct the partial tables needed to study the conditional association between defendant's race and the death penalty verdict. Find and interpret the sample conditional odds ratios.

-Find and interpret the sample marginal odds ratio between defendant's race and the death penalty verdict. Do these data exhibit Simpson's paradox? Explain its cause.