A researcher wants to know if married couples are unusually likely to share the same star sign.

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A researcher wants to know if married couples are unusually likely to share the same star sign. They select married couples at random and record their star signs. There are 12 possible star signs.

Say whether each of the following statements is true or false.

a. A suitable sample space would be Ω = {married couples}.

b. A suitable sample space would be Ω = {the 12 star signs}.

c. A relevant event is S = {couple share a star sign}.

d. For S as above, we want to know whether or not P(S) =

1/12.

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Mathematics And Statistics For Science

ISBN: 9783031053177

1st Edition

Authors: James Sneyd, Rachel M. Fewster, Duncan McGillivray

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