course | course_year | question_number | tags | title | year | |||
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Statistics |
IB |
75 |
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Paper 3, Section |
2009 |
In a demographic study, researchers gather data on the gender of children in families with more than two children. For each of the four possible outcomes
First two children Third child
$\begin{array}{ccc}G G & 16 & 34 \ G B & 28 & 22 \ B G & 25 & 25 \ B B & 31 & 19\end{array}$
In view of this, is the hypothesis that the gender of the third child is independent of the genders of the first two children rejected at the
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