According to online resources, about 8% of all males have some color perception defect, most commonly red-green colorblindness. How would you assign random numbers to conduct a simulation based on this percentage?

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1. According to online resources, about 8% of all males have some color perception defect, most
commonly red-green colorblindness. How would you assign random numbers to conduct a
simulation based on this percentage?
2. You're pretty sure that your candidate for class president has about 55% of the votes in the entire
school. But you're worried that only 100 students will show up to vote. How often will the
underdog (the one with 45% support) win? To find out, you set up a simulation.
a. Describe how you will simulate a component. (.
b. Describe how you will simulate a trial.
c. Describe the
response
variable.
Transcribed Image Text:1. According to online resources, about 8% of all males have some color perception defect, most commonly red-green colorblindness. How would you assign random numbers to conduct a simulation based on this percentage? 2. You're pretty sure that your candidate for class president has about 55% of the votes in the entire school. But you're worried that only 100 students will show up to vote. How often will the underdog (the one with 45% support) win? To find out, you set up a simulation. a. Describe how you will simulate a component. (. b. Describe how you will simulate a trial. c. Describe the response variable.
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