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[glass_icarus]

Dear circle, a question!

Poll #8325

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 47

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If you saw a problem that said "What is the probability that of three children, all are girls or boys?", would you interpret as:

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all = "girls or boys"
10 (21.3%)

"all girls OR all boys"
37 (78.7%)

(also, yes, gender-binary, I know.)

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*belatedly*

[rydra_wong]

AND ALSO:

Even on the latter interpretation and assuming binary gender, there is not a 50-50 girl-boy chance, because the human sex ratio is not even at birth.

Re: *belatedly*

[makamu]

+2