Classify the statement as an example of classical probability, empirical probability. The probability that a newborn baby is a boy is 1/2.

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2021-09-23

Classify the statement as an example of classical probability, empirical probability, or subjective probability. The probability that a newborn baby is a boy is 1/2. 
-empirical 
-classical 
-subjective

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insonsipthinye

insonsipthinye

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The statement is “The probability that a new-born baby is a boy is 1/2”. 
Classical Probability: 
If each outcome in a sample space is equally likely to occur then it is said to have a uniform probability distribution.
Empirical Probability: 
The empirical probability is based on observations obtained from probability experiments. The empirical probability of an event is the relative frequency of the event. 
Subjective Probability: 
If the probabilities result from intuition, educated guesses and estimates then the probability is said to be the subjective probability. 
Here, it is probable that the statement is based on empirical evidence. Thus, the statement “The probability that a new-born baby is a boy is 1/2” is an example of the empirical probability".

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