In Which of the Following Situations Would the Gambler's Fallacy

question 12

Multiple Choice

In which of the following situations would the gambler's fallacy not apply?

• A)When the events are not independent.
• B)When knowledge of one outcome affects the probability of the next one.
• C)Both a) and b).
• D)Neither a) nor b); the gambler's fallacy holds whenever gambling is going on.That's how casinos stay in business.

---

Definitions:

Total Fertility Rate

The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime in a given population.

Replacement-level Fertility

The birthrate needed for a population to reproduce itself exactly from one generation to the next, excluding any changes due to migration.

Birth Rate

The number of live births per thousand people in a population per year.

Future Population

Projected numbers of individuals that will exist in the future based on current demographic trends.