Determine whether the results appear to have statistical significance, and also determine whether the results appear to have practical significance. In a study of a birth sex selection method used to increase the likelihood of a baby being born female, 2000 users of the method gave birth to 984 males and 1016 females. There is about a 24% chance of getting that many babies born female if the method had no effect. Because there is a 24% chance of getting that many babies born female if the method had no effect, the method likely use a procedure that raises the likelihood of a baby born female from the approximately 50% rate expected by chance to the % produced by this method. (Round to the nearest integer as needed.) So, this method couples would

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Determine whether the results appear to have statistical significance, and also determine whether the results appear to have practical significance.
In a study of a birth sex selection method used to increase the likelihood of a baby being born female, 2000 users of the method gave birth to 984 males and 1016 females. There is
about a 24% chance of getting that many babies born female if the method had no effect.
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Because there is a 24% chance of getting that many babies born female if the method had no effect, the method
likely use a procedure that raises the likelihood of a baby born female from the approximately 50% rate expected by chance to the
(Round to the nearest integer as needed.)
So, this method
produced by this method.
couples would
Transcribed Image Text:Determine whether the results appear to have statistical significance, and also determine whether the results appear to have practical significance. In a study of a birth sex selection method used to increase the likelihood of a baby being born female, 2000 users of the method gave birth to 984 males and 1016 females. There is about a 24% chance of getting that many babies born female if the method had no effect. -CD Because there is a 24% chance of getting that many babies born female if the method had no effect, the method likely use a procedure that raises the likelihood of a baby born female from the approximately 50% rate expected by chance to the (Round to the nearest integer as needed.) So, this method produced by this method. couples would
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