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Three professors at George Washington University did an experiment to determine if economists are more selfish
than other people. They dropped 
stamped, addressed envelopes with
cash in different classrooms on the George
stamped, addressed envelopes with cash in different classrooms on the GeorgeWashington campus. 
were returned overall. From the economics classes 
of the envelopes were returned. From
were returned overall. From the economics classes of the envelopes were returned. Fromthe business, psychology, and history classes
were returned.
were returned.Let:
= money returned; 
= economics classes; 
other classes.
= money returned; = economics classes; other classes.Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The two events 
and are independent if below three conditions are satisfied.
,
,
.
Let be the money returned, and
be the economic classes.
the other classes.
Now, check 
.
It is evident that,
,
.
Therefore, 
.
Hence, based upon this study, we cannot say that economists are more selfish than other people.
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Introductory Statistics
OER Edition, 2013
Openstax
ISBN: 9781938168208
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