For high school students graduating in 2013, college admissions to the nation's most selective schools were the

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For high school students graduating in 2013, college admissions to the nation's most selective schools were the most competitive in memory. Harvard accepted about 5.8% of its applicants, Dartmouth 10%, and Penn 12.1%. Jorge has applied to all three. Assuming that he's a typical applicant, he figures that his chances of getting into both Harvard and Dartmouth must be about 0.58%.
a) How has he arrived at this conclusion?
b) What additional assumption is he making?
c) Do you agree with his conclusion?
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Stats Data And Models

ISBN: 662

4th Edition

Authors: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul D. Velleman, David E. Bock

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