A progressive college experiments with matching roommates at random, regardless of gender or how cool that person is (or you are). Suppose the joint distribution of gender and coolness is: +----------------------------+ | Cool Lame | |----------------------------| | Boy .5649717 .0960452 | | Girl .180791 .1581921 | +----------------------------+ You hear that your roommate 'Morgan' is quite lame. Knowing this, what is the probability that 'Morgan' is a Boy?
A progressive college experiments with matching roommates at random, regardless of gender or how cool that person is (or you are). Suppose the joint distribution of gender and coolness is: +----------------------------+ | Cool Lame | |----------------------------| | Boy .5649717 .0960452 | | Girl .180791 .1581921 | +----------------------------+ You hear that your roommate 'Morgan' is quite lame. Knowing this, what is the probability that 'Morgan' is a Boy?
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A progressive college experiments with matching roommates at random, regardless of gender or how cool that person is (or you are). Suppose the joint distribution of gender and coolness is:
+----------------------------+
| Cool Lame |
|----------------------------|
| Boy .5649717 .0960452 |
| Girl .180791 .1581921 |
+----------------------------+
You hear that your roommate 'Morgan' is quite lame. Knowing this, what is the probability that 'Morgan' is a Boy?
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