Specifics of Assignment 3

How likely is the event (that Ms. Williams will have) “exactly three boys in succession?” In order to calculate the probability of Ms. Williams having three boys, I created five random number generations with 100 numbers in each, with even numbers representing girls and odd numbers representing boys. The average of the five tables were [...]

Relating to the Weekly Topic!

This assignement allowed us to apply the principle of the Law of Large Numbers, which states that the greater the sample size or number of events, the closer the expected value comes to the actual value. In addition, determing the probability of Ms. Williams having exactly three boys in succession allowed us to understand rare [...]

Strengths & Weaknesses

    Weaknesses in our assignment include the human error that could occur when flipping a coin one hundred times to determine the probability of heads versus tails. Also, mathematical errors could occur when calculating the z-score and finding the corresponding value for the question about changing your oil on time.   Strengths of the assignment include [...]

Specifics of Assignment 3

How likely is the event “exactly three boys in succession?” What was the probability you obtained?       In order to represent the probability of Ms. Williams conceiving exactly three boys in succession, I decided to flip a coin one hundred times and record the event as either heads or tails, where heads was equal to a boy [...]