In some cultures, the number 4 is unlucky. You don’t want to take any chances, so you try not to do anything that involves number 4. One morning, as you are eating breakfast, you accidentally put 4 strawberries on your cereal. After you finish breakfast you realize your mistake, but since you are usually careful not to use the number 4, you think you will be okay.  On your way to work, you decide to drive slowly to make sure you won't be affected by the 4 strawberries.  The driver behind you is texting and doesn't realize you are driving slowly, and he accidentally rear-ends your car.  Does this prove that number 4 is unlucky?  Explain. 

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This proves that you are unlucky, not number 4. In order to link this with number 4, you would need to do a further study

Number 4 brings bad luck

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Number 4 is controlled by evil forces.

27. DISCUSSION - The deer hunter

A statistician went deer hunting.  He saw a deer.  His first shot was 10 inches to the left of the deer.  He shot again.  His second shot was 10 inches to the right of the deer, upon which the statistician exclaimed, “I got him!”  What did he mean by that?

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The statistician is crazy.

The statistician thinks he shot the deer but he really didn't

The average of the two distances of the shots from the deer is in the center of the deer.

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28. DISCUSSION - Which stockbroker is skilled?

A stockbroker predicts whether a stock will go up or down by tossing a coin and so has a 50% chance of making a correct prediction.  Another broker, who is skilled, has a 60% chance of making a correct prediction.  You don’t know which broker is which, so you watch their predictions for three days.  Each broker gets all three predictions correct.   How do you decide who is the skilled broker?

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The skilled stockbroker is unlucky

The coin tosser is cheating.

Since the chance is 1/8 that the coin tosser will get three correct predictions, you can't tell the difference without more predictions.

29. DISCUSSION - Stuck in the slow lane

A frustrated freeway driver says, “Whenever I get on the freeway, I always wind up in the slow lane!”  Explain why or why not this might be true.

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The slow lane is closest to the freeway entrance

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The freeway driver has a curse.

The freeway driver doesn't know how to drive

30. DISCUSSION - The lucky city

You select 1,000 interesting cities, put their names on pieces of paper and pick one at random to visit.   When you arrive at the chosen city, you say, “Since the chance is only 1 in 1,000 that I would pick this city, there must be a reason that I’m here.”  Is that true?

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You really wanted to visit this city, so you cheated on the drawing

The reason you're there is that evil force from outer space made you go there.

The reason you're there is that it's the lucky city that you picked at random

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