Biology

[TimberWolf]

Give a reason for the discrepancy between M & F numbers

1. Males don't live as long (wot DP said)
2. Less males then females born. Why should the distribution of the sexes be assumed equal?

[ferret]

1. Males don't live as long (wot DP said)
2. Less males then females born. Why should the distribution of the sexes be assumed equal?

1. In a sealed container you would see the bodies.
2. Something to do with chromosomes and the law of averages.

I would go with the sample being far too small to be statistically significant on this one. Been a while since I did any stats but am sure there is something that would show that 38 and 42 are so close in this sample size that are, in effect, equal.

[NotAllThere]

1. Males don't live as long (wot DP said)
2. Less males then females born. Why should the distribution of the sexes be assumed equal?

Fewer

[Lucy]

The sample is too small.

[Troll]

The sample is too small.

Yes dear...