Odds for having 12 sons

Sometimes people never learn. Jacque Wilson, in a piece for CNN titled: Calculating the odds: 12 sons in a row reports the odds at about 1 in 4000. The problem first is in calculating the odds after discovering an instance of the event. I can’t just flip a coin 12 times, get 12 heads and […]

Posted by Larry on October 29th, 2014 | 4 Comments Posted in Methodolgy Issues, Statistical Literacy, The Media

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