What Do You Conclude About the Claim Below? Do Not

question 37

Essay

What do you conclude about the claim below? Do not use formal procedures or exact calculations. Use only the rare event rule and make a subjective estimate to determine whether the event is likely. Claim: A roulette wheel is fair and in 40 consecutive spins of the wheel, black shows up 23 times. (A roulette wheel has 38 equally likely slots of which 18 are black).

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Definitions:

Apnea

A brief pause in breathing, particularly while sleeping.

Uvula

A small fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the throat, playing roles in speech and preventing food from entering the nasal cavity.

Septum

A structure within the brain that acts as a partition between two cavities or spaces, important in both emotion and motivation.

Olfactory Membrane

A specialized epithelial tissue inside the nasal cavity involved in smell detection.