Gender Selection The Genetics and IVF Institute conducted a clinical trial of the XSORT

Chapter 7, Problem 17

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Gender Selection The Genetics and IVF Institute conducted a clinical trial of the XSORT method designed to increase the probability of conceiving a girl. As of this writing, 945 babies were born to parents using the XSORT method, and 879 of them were girls. a. What is the best point estimate of the population proportion of girls born to parents using the XSORT method? b. Use the sample data to construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of girls born to parents using the XSORT method. c. Based on the results, does the XSORT method appear to be effective? Why or why not?

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