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bobypop

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There are two hospitals; one averages 45 births per day, the other 15 births per day. You are asked, In any given year, which hospital will have a higher percentage of days during which more than 60 percent of the babies born will be male?
 
  The correct answer is __________.
  a. the 45 hospital
  b. the 15 hospital
  c. that there is an equal chance of either
  d. that there is insufficient information provided (thus, we cannot answer the question)

Question 2

A reasoning heuristic in which we judge the likelihood of some event by deciding how much that event seems to be like the larger group or population from which it was drawn is a(n) __________.
 
  a. association heuristic
  b. availability heuristic
  c. normative heuristic
  d. representativeness heuristic


nicoleclaire22

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d


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