The Ferrell’s have 3 girls.

Assuming that a couple is equally likely to have a girl or a boy, how

unusual is it for a family to have 3 children who are all girls? If success = girl and failure = boy,
then p(success) = 0.5. If the random variable X represents the number of girls in a 3 child
family, then p(X = 3) would represent the probability of having 3 girls in a 3 child family.

1. Using a random digit table, let even digits represent “girl” and odd digits represent “boy”.
Simulate by choosing 3 digits at a time. Complete 40 simulations. Use the following
table to keep track of your 40 simulations

X 0 1 2 3

tally

total

.
2. Using your calculator, let even 1 represent “girl” and 0 represent “boy”. Simulate by
using randint(0,1,3). Complete 40 simulations. Use the following table to keep track of
your 40 simulations

X 0 1 2 3

tally

total

3. Combine your totals from the tables above, and create the probability distribution for the
situation. Then graph the distribution using a histogram

X 0 1 2 3

P(X)

.
4. Find the Expected value as well as the standard deviation of this distribution.