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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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H<strong>and</strong>edness vs Gender - Combined Probabilities0.5696F0.89140.1086R 0.5077L 0.06190.4304M0.8897R 0.38290.1102L 0.0474H<strong>and</strong>edness Summary• What is the probability <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> being Left h<strong>and</strong>ed?Pr(L) = Pr(L ∩ F ) + Pr(L ∩ M)Pr(L) = 0.0619 + 0.0474Pr(L) = 0.1093• What is the probability <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> being right h<strong>and</strong>ed?Pr(R) = Pr(R ∩ F ) + Pr(R ∩ M)Pr(R) = 0.5077 + 0.3829Pr(R) = 0.8906Independent Stages• Stephens Isl<strong>and</strong> is an uninhabited isl<strong>and</strong> in Cook Strait wheretuatara are being re-established. For some years three locationshave been visited on the isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> tuatara have been found ata location with probability 0.4. At any visit X represents thenumber <strong>of</strong> locations out <strong>of</strong> three at which tuatara are observed.X can take values 0, 1, 2, or 3. Find the probabilities that 0, 1,2, or 3 locations have tuatara on a visit. T is the event ‘locationhas tuatara’ <strong>and</strong> N is the complementary event ‘location has notuatara’40

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