Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134494043
Author: Jeff Bennett, William L. Briggs, Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9.1, Problem 14E
What Is Significant? In testing a method of gender selection, 200 couples use a treatment designed to increase the likelihood of having a girl, and each couple has one baby. Answer the following questions without doing any calculations.
- a. If the 200 babies include exactly 130 girls, would you consider this result statistically significant, or would you attribute it to random fluctuations? Explain.
- b. If the 200 babies include exactly 105 girls, would you consider this result statistically significant, or would you attribute it to random fluctuations? Explain.
- c. You are told that the result in either part (a) or (b) has P-value of 0.262. Which part, (a) or (b), is it, and how do you know?
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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
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