"Curious George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am an instructor, using 'Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version , > 2/e' by > Allan G. Bluman. A questions in the database states: > > A family has three children. How many combinations of boys and girls > will be in the sample space? > > The answer given is: 8. > _______________________________ > > Even if you allow for 'birth order' I can not identify more than 6 > possible outcomes. Am I missing something? > > Thanks, > George
My guess is you missed BBB and GGG (by interpreting 'boys and girls' to mean at least one of each). Duncan . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
