In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Curious George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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? Yes. Just list them. However, there are many sample spaces for a particular problem. Few textbooks point this out. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
