An easy way to think of independent and dependent variables is, when you're conducting an experiment, the independent variable is what you change, and the dependent variable is what changes because of that. You can also think of the independent variable as the cause and the dependent variable as the effect.
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binomial(16 + 7, 16) 2^(-(16 + 7)) = ((16 + 7)!)/(16! 7! 2^(16 + 7)) = 245157/8388608 ≈ 0.02922 ≈ 1/34.22
(assuming children are independent and male and female are equally likely)
| probability
less than 16 boys | 0.9534
16 or less boys | 0.9827
more than 16 boys | 0.01734
16 or more boys | 0.04657
fraction of boys | 16/(16 + 7) ≈ 0.695652
fraction of girls | 7/(16 + 7) ≈ 0.304348
expected value | 11.5
standard deviation | 2.398
variance | 5.75
11.5
X+y+z≥627
x=222
y=194
222+194+z≥627
if we solved for z then
z≥221
A lurking variable within statistics is one that is correlated to both the independent variable (a variable that is varied) and the dependent variable (a variable that is measured). A positive correlation between jumping distance and reading ability within a child is likely to be due to the child's age (answer c).
