Question

use the given probability value to determine whether the sample results could easily occur by chance, then form a conclusion.
a study addressed the issue of whether pregnant women can correctly predict the gender of their baby. among 104 pregnant women, 57 correctly predicted the gender of their baby. if pregnant women have no such ability, there is a 0.327 probability of getting such sample results by chance. what do you conclude?

the probability shows that the sample results ▼ have easily occurred by chance. it appears that there ▼ sufficient evidence to conclude that pregnant women can correctly predict the gender of their baby.

Explanation:

To determine if the sample results could easily occur by chance, we analyze the given probability (0.327). A probability of 0.327 is relatively high (greater than typical thresholds like 0.05), meaning the results could easily happen by chance if there's no real ability. If results could easily occur by chance, there's not sufficient evidence to conclude the ability exists.

For the first blank: Since 0.327 is a moderate to high probability, the sample results could have easily occurred by chance.
For the second blank: If the results could easily be due to chance, there is not sufficient evidence to conclude pregnant women can predict gender (because the chance explanation is plausible).

Answer:

First blank: could
Second blank: is not