document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1173264>Question 1173264</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When Ruth finally calls Marjorie, she is told about the experiment. Ruth says, ‘If<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you drop the pin 100 times it will land point up 70 times.’ Is Ruth correct? why? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #798486 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52847)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=798486\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is Ruth correct ?  - - - No.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Why ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Because the particular results of one statistical experiment &nbsp;DO &nbsp;NOT &nbsp;determine causally the particular results of the other, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "although a similar, &nbsp;statistical experiment.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The argument  &nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=70%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"70%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  &nbsp;&nbsp;is &nbsp;IRRELEVANT &nbsp;and does not work, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "when you consider the particular results of a statistical experiment.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is clear even to a kindergarten alumni . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is from the area of &nbsp;&nbsp;COMMON &nbsp;SENSE . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Regarding the post and the question, notice that it &nbsp;DOES &nbsp;NOT &nbsp;ask about &nbsp;\"expectation\"/\"expectations\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question in the post very rigidly asks about very concrete result - not about statistical expectations/estimations.\r<BR>\n" );
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