Does It Make Sense? For Exercises 5–8, determine whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly; not all of these have definitive answers, so your explanation is more important than your chosen answer.
7. Statistical Significance. In an experiment testing a method of gender selection intended to increase the likelihood that a baby is a girl, 1000 couples give birth to 501 girls and 499 boys. A company representative argues that this is evidence that the method is effective, because the probability of getting exactly 501 girls in 1000 births by chance is only 0.025, which is less than 0.05.
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