Employees at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, declare that female visitors who come in contact with a pair of African fertility statues are more likely to become pregnant some time later. The statues, from the Boule tribe of the Ivory Coast, stand near the museum’s entrance. Some visitors have volunteered the information that they gave birth 9 months after touching the statues and credit the statues. The museum notes that some couples travel from as far away as Texas to rub the statues. a) What hypothesis is presented in this story? b) Is the hypothesis supported by sufficient observations? Explain. c) What prediction could be made to verify or falsify the hypothesis?

Employees at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, declare that female visitors who come in contact with a pair of African fertility statues are more likely to become pregnant some time later. The statues, from the Boule tribe of the Ivory Coast, stand near the museum’s entrance. Some visitors have volunteered the information that they gave birth 9 months after touching the statues and credit the statues. The museum notes that some couples travel from as far away as Texas to rub the statues. a) What hypothesis is presented in this story? b) Is the hypothesis supported by sufficient observations? Explain. c) What prediction could be made to verify or falsify the hypothesis?

Calculus For The Life Sciences

2nd Edition

ISBN:9780321964038

Author:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Publisher:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Chapter12: Probability

Section12.2: Introduction To Probability

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