As stgated, your questions are unaswerable. On 7 Dec 2002, Revolution wrote:
> Do you think there exist a series of questions, when answered, that > can determine (with a high degree of probability) the gender of the > respondent? (Assume "Are you male?" is not one of the questions) Depends on (1) what you mean by "a high degree of probability", (2) what questions are admissible, and (3) how many questions may be used. (You've specified one queston that isn't admissible. Consider "How frequently do you wear pantihose" (or other garments, which would doubtless depend on the culture in which the questions are asked). > 1) Suppose all questions are answered truthfully. > > 2) Suppose questions are answered deceptively for the purpose of > altering the results. Depends on the question, and by implication what constitutes "anwering deceptively". And in any case may not be determinable. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 56 Sebbins Pond Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 626-0816 [was: 184 Nashua Road, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 471-7128] . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
