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Apr 16, 2014 · Thanks to the answers I now understand why the ratio would be 1:1, which originally sounds counter intuitive to me. One of the reason for my disbelief and confusion
Aug 5, 2023 · A couple decides to keep having children until they have the same number of boys and girls, and then stop. Assume they never have twins, that the "trials" are indepe
Aug 18, 2017 · Probability of having 2 girls and probability of having at least one girl Ask Question Asked 8 years, 5 months ago Modified 8 years, 5 months ago
Jul 4, 2023 · 1st 2nd boy girl boy seen boy boy boy seen girl boy The net effect is that even if I don't know which one is definitely a boy, the other child can only be a girl or
Feb 9, 2022 · Considering the population of girls with tastes disorders, I do a binomial test with number of success k = 7, number of trials n = 8, and probability of success p =
Jan 10, 2024 · Although the notation is not universal, I typically see (and use) N N used to denote population size and n n used to denote sample size. For subgroups in the sample
Apr 1, 2018 · Source: (Harvard Statistics 110: see #17, p. 29 of pdf). A couple decides to keep having children until they have at least one boy and at least one girl, and then st
Mar 2, 2017 · A probability problem: In how many different ways can 5 people sit around a round table? Is the symmetry of the table important? Answer: If the symmetry of the table
May 23, 2019 · alternatively, you could inverse the relation and model the independent group variable as a function of the dependent variables. This is especially interesting with
Inspired by this twitter thread, posting this question: I have two children, (at least) one of whom is a boy born on a Tuesday what is the probability that both children are boys?