Assume that 1500 births are randomly selected and 760 of the births are girls. Use subjective judgment to describe the number of girls as significantly​ high, significantly​ low, or neither significantly low nor significantly high.

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Assume that

1500

births are randomly selected and

760

of the births are girls. Use subjective judgment to describe the number of girls as significantly​ high, significantly​ low, or neither significantly low nor significantly high.

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1500 births are randomly selected and 760 of the births are girls.

Use subjective judgment to describe the number of girls as significantly​ high, significantly​ low, or neither significantly low nor significantly high.

Here, we are looking at births, and a birth could be either a boy or a girl.

So, we would expect that the number of births that are girls would be approximately half of the total amount i.e.,  there's approximately a 50% chance of having a birth of a girl. 

Based on the assumption we made, we would expect about half of the 1500 births to be girls. In other words, we would expect that on average 750 would be boys and 750 would be girls.

In this instance, 760 were girls, which is very close to 750 (half of 1500).

So, we can say that the number of girls is neither significantly low nor significantly high.

 

 

 

 
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