ORIGINAL: NYSHunter
Phade,
Ask that question to any statistics professor that and they will disagree with you. 52% of a sample within a prescribe error rate supports 50/50. If you want to discuss the Z score and standard deviation formula we can at great length.
Error rates still swing either way. Just because 52% was the final conclusion, that standard deviation and error pointeris there for a reason. It COULD be 50/50, but then again, thereCOULD be a 10% difference.
Read Lee's stuff, but keep your mind open to all the other info, including your previously cited study. I think the real truth on thsi matter is going to be a combination of many people's theories. I don't think one person has yet been able to definitively put their finger on birthing rates with a certainty.