When Mendel conducted his famous genetics experiments with p
When Mendel conducted his famous genetics experiments with peas, one sample of offspring consisted of 420 green peas and 150 yellow peas.
a) Find a 95% confidence interval estimate of the percentage of yellow peas,
b) Based on his theory of genetics, Mendel expected that 25% of the offspring peas would be yellow. Given that the percentage of offspring yellow peas is not 25%, do the results contradict Mendel’s theory? Why or why not?
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