Over the past four years, two radiologist have made predictions, based on sonograms, on the sex of a baby. The following tables give their results.   Rad. I     Rad. II       Predict M Predict F     Predict M Predict F Baby is M 78 13   Baby is M 80 7 Baby is F 15 62   Baby is F 8 59 a) If a prediction by Radiologist I were chosen at random, what is the probability that the baby is male? b) If a prediction by Radiologist I were chosen at random, what is the probability thtat it is correct? c) If a prediction by Radiologist II were chosen at random, and the predictino is that the baby is female, how likely is she to be correct? d) If a prediction by radiologist I were chosen at random, and one by Radiologist II were also chosen at random, which is more likely to be incorrect? Justify your answer. e) For Radiologist II, are the events Predict M and Predict F indepnedent? Justify your answer.

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Over the past four years, two radiologist have made predictions, based on sonograms, on the sex of a baby. The following tables give their results.

  Rad. I     Rad. II    
  Predict M Predict F     Predict M Predict F
Baby is M 78 13   Baby is M 80 7
Baby is F 15 62   Baby is F 8 59

a) If a prediction by Radiologist I were chosen at random, what is the probability that the baby is male?

b) If a prediction by Radiologist I were chosen at random, what is the probability thtat it is correct?

c) If a prediction by Radiologist II were chosen at random, and the predictino is that the baby is female, how likely is she to be correct?

d) If a prediction by radiologist I were chosen at random, and one by Radiologist II were also chosen at random, which is more likely to be incorrect? Justify your answer.

e) For Radiologist II, are the events Predict M and Predict F indepnedent? Justify your answer. 

 

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Given information,

The probability table of Radiologist I is as follows:

  Predict M Predict F Total
Baby is M 78 13 91
Baby is F 15 62 77
Total 93 75 168

The probability table of Radiologist II is as follows:

  Predict M Predict F Total
Baby is M 80 7 87
Baby is F 8 59 67
Total 88 66 154

 

Step 2

a)

From the probability table of Radiologist I,

Probability that the baby is male=Total number of male babiesTotal number of babies=91168=0.5417

Therefore, the required probability is 0.5417.

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