The General Social Survey asked 46,349 women how many children they had. The results were as follows.

a. What is the probability that a sampled woman has two children?

b. What is the probability that a sampled woman has fewer than three children?

c. Assume this is a simple random sample of U.S. women. Use the Empirical Method to estimate the probability that a U.S.
woman has more than five children.

d. Using a cutoff of 0.05, is it unusual for a woman to have no children?

Transcribed Image Text:

Number of Children Number of Women 0 12,656 1 7,438 2 11,290 3 7,143 456 3,797 1,811 916 7 8 or more 522 776 Total 46,349