Multiple Choice
Participants are told,"Hospital A has an average of 45 births per day;Hospital B has an average of only 15 births per day." The participants are then asked,"Which hospital is more likely to have a day in which at least 60% of the babies born are female?" In answering the question,participants
A) seem insensitive to the fact that departures from the average case are more likely with a smaller sample.
B) seem insensitive to the fact that departures from the average case are more likely with a larger sample.
C) correctly realize that departures from the average case are not dependent on hospital size.
D) answer correctly,guided by the law of small numbers.
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