In: Statistics and Probability
The accompanying table 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. Use the range rule of thumb to determine whether 1 girl in 10 births is a significantly low number of girls.
x P(x)
0 0.002
1 0.019
2 0.038
3 0.115
4 0.206
5 0.237
6 0.207
7 0.114
8 0.037
9 0.013
10 0.012
What is the max and min value?
Maximum and minimum values calculation by range rule of thumb.
Minimum value = 1.642
Maximum value = 8.402