A gender-selection technique is designed to increase the likelihood that a baby will be a girl. In the results of thegender-selection technique,837 births consisted of 438 baby girls and 399 baby boys. In analyzing these results, assume that boys and girls are equally likely.
a. Find the probability of getting exactly 438 girls in 837 births.
b. Find the probability of getting 438 or more girls in 837 births. If boys and girls are equally likely, is 438 girls in 837 births unusually high?
c. Which probability is relevant for trying to determine whether the technique is effective: the result from part (a) or the result from part (b)?
d. Based on the results, does it appear that the gender-selection technique is effective?
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