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Activity Number:
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384
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #305719 |
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Title:
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Making Babies by the Flip of a Coin?
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Author(s):
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Matthew Carlton*+
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Companies:
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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Address:
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Department of Statistics, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407-0405,
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Keywords:
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probability ; binomial model ; chi-square test ; genetics ; gender
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Abstract:
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Probabilists (and some geneticists) treat gender of children like flips of a fair coin: two possible outcomes, each equally likely, with outcomes independent from trial to trial. But are these assumptions realistic? We will look at data from the National Center for Health Statistics to find out. This talk parallels our 2005 Teacher's Corner article on this topic, with an interesting follow up on the cited federal data.
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