Eight is enough. A healthy body needs good food, and healthy teeth are needed to chew our food so that it can nourish our bodies. The U.S. Army has recognized this fact and requires recruits to pass a dental examination. If you wanted to be a soldier in the Spanish American War, which took place in 1898, you needed to have at least eight teeth. Here is the statement of the requirement: Unless an applicant has at least four sound double teeth, one above and one below on each side of the mouth, and so opposed as to serve the purpose of mastication, he should be rejected. A study reported the rejection data for enlistment candidates classified by age. Here are the data:27 (c) Find the two marginal distributions. Write a brief summary explaining the major features of these distributions. (d) Which conditional distribution would you choose to explain the relationship between these two variables? Explain your answer. (e) Find the conditional distribution that you chose in part (d), and write a summary that includes your interpretation of the relationship based on this conditional distribution.
Thursday, January 5 th Kim Gilbert Kimgilb@uga.edu TA Office Hours, Boyd Room 204 • Monday 11:15 am – 5:30 pm • Friday 11:15 am – 3:30 pm Case Study: Helper vs. Hinderer • If infants have no preference, then the outcome can be mimicked by flipping a fair coin • Each coin represents one child; need to toss coin 16 times o Would expect 8 but doesn't need to be exactly 8 o Tail: helper; head: hinderer o How close to 8 does it
