Which Young Child Is MOST Likely to Obey the Rule

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which young child is MOST likely to obey the rule "Don't touch this toy till dinner"?

• A)Gretchen,an active,fearless child of age 4
• B)Hai,an active fearless child of age 2
• C)Irina,an anxious child of age 2
• D)Harry,an anxious child of age 4

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Definitions:

Marginal Probability

The probability of occurring of a single event without consideration of any other events; it’s the likelihood of a single outcome.

Variance

Variance is a statistical measure that represents the degree of spread in a dataset's numbers; it quantifies how far each number in the set is from the mean and thus from every other number in the set.

Marginal Probability

The probability of a single event occurring without consideration of any other events, typically found in the context of probability distributions.

V(X + Y)

The variance of the sum of two random variables, reflecting the spread or variability of their combined distribution.