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It Is Possible for an Individual to Be Genotypically One

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It is possible for an individual to be genotypically one gender but appear to be the opposite gender. Suppose an individual is genotypically male (XY) but has developed as a female. Explain what has happened and when it might have happened.


Definitions:

Logistic Regression

A statistical method used for predicting a binary outcome from one or more predictor variables, modeling the probability of occurrence of an event by fitting data to a logistic curve.

Indicator Variable

An indicator variable is a numerical variable used in statistics that adopts a value of 1 if a certain condition is met and 0 if it is not.

Binomial Probability

The probability of obtaining a fixed number of successful outcomes in a fixed number of trials in a binomial experiment.

Odds

The ratio of the probability of an event happening to the probability of it not happening; in gambling, it represents the amount won relative to the stake.

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