Question

A nurse wants to simulate the number of male and female births at the hospital where she

works using a random digit table.
Which of the following best simulates this situation?

Answer 1

Let the digits 0,1,2,3 and 4 represent the birth of a boy, and let digits 5,6,7,8, and 9 represent the birth of a girl. Use a table of random digits. Choose the first 10 digits in the table and record the number of boy and girl births. Continue to choose batches of 10 digits for a total of 100 times, recording the number of boy and girl births. (possibly B)