Elementary Statistics
Elementary Statistics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321836960
Author: Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 15BSC

Genetics.     In Exercises     15-18, refer to the accompanying table, which describes results from groups of 10 births from 10 different sets of parents. The random variable x represents the number of girls among 10 children.

15. Mean and Standard Deviation Find the mean and standard deviation for the numbers of girls in 10 births.

Number of Girls X P(X)
0 0.001
1 0.010
2 0.044
3 0.117
4 0.205
5 0.246
6 0.205
7 0.117
8 0 044
9 0.010
10 0.001
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