Employees at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, declare that...

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Employees at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, declare that female visitors who come in contact with a pair of African fertility statues have consistently become pregnant. The statues, from the Boule Tribe of the Ivory Coast, stand near the museum's entrance. Some visitors have volunteered the information that they gave birth nine months after touching the statues, and credit the statues. The statues are so popular that the museum now takes them on tour! a) What is the hypothesis presented in the story? b) is the hypothesis supported by sufficient observations? Explain. c) What prediction could be made to verify or falsify the hypothesis? No: Not enough does not account smaller increases Yes: Plenty of some many accounts a) Hypothesis: Touching the fertility statue chances of becoming pregnant. b) Indicates data presented. reported becoming pregnant and for all those who touched the statue but did not become pregnant. c) For example, survey a who touch the statue to see if they become pregnant. sample of women Employees at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, declare that female visitors who come in contact with a pair of African fertility statues have consistently become pregnant. The statues, from the Boule Tribe of the Ivory Coast, stand near the museum's entrance. Some visitors have volunteered the information that they gave birth nine months after touching the statues, and credit the statues. The statues are so popular that the museum now takes them on tour! a) What is the hypothesis presented in the story? b) is the hypothesis supported by sufficient observations? Explain. c) What prediction could be made to verify or falsify the hypothesis? No: Not enough does not account smaller increases Yes: Plenty of some many accounts a) Hypothesis: Touching the fertility statue chances of becoming pregnant. b) Indicates data presented. reported becoming pregnant and for all those who touched the statue but did not become pregnant. c) For example, survey a who touch the statue to see if they become pregnant. sample of women

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