Question

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 3 in 86 children in the United States. have been diagnosed with autism. Suppose you consider a group of 19 children, by letting X = be the number of children having autism.

a. . Find the probability that seven have autism.

b. Find the probability that at least five have autism

Answer 1

This estimate is a 15% increase from the 1 in 68 rate in 2010, 86% increase from the 1 in 110 rate in 2006 and 154% increase from the 1 in 150 rate in 2000. Diagnostic criteria of ASD has changed significantly since the 1980s; for example, U.S. special-education autism classification was introduced in 1994.