Python eggs (1.1) How is the hatching of water python eggs influenced by the temperature of the snake’s nest? Researchers assigned newly laid eggs to one of three temperatures: hot, neutral, or cold. Hot duplicates the extra warmth provided by the mother python, and cold duplicates the absence of the mother. Here are the data on the number of eggs and the number that hatched:

(a) Make a two-way table of temperature by outcome (hatched or not).

(b) Calculate the percent of eggs in each group that hatched. The researchers believed that eggs would not hatch in cold water. Do the data support that belief?

Given in the question that a table

Two-way tables are a way of displaying frequencies for two types of information collected from a single population.

One variety is shown in rows while another is shown in columns.

By using the table below, you can define the probability associated with different outcomes involving those two categories.

The below table represents the temperature by outcome (hatched or not).

$\begin{array}{|llll|}\hline & \text{Cold}& \text{Neutral}& \text{Hot}\\ \text{Hatched}& 16& 38& 75\\ \text{Not Hatched}& 11& 18& 29\\ \text{Total}& 27& 56& 104\\ \hline\end{array}$

Given in the question that a table

From each group of eggs in the cold nest, the following number of eggs hatched:

$\frac{16}{27}\times 100\approx 59.26\mathrm{\%}$

In the natural nest.

$\frac{38}{56}\times 100\approx 67.86\mathrm{\%}$

In hot nest is

$\frac{75}{104}\times 100\approx 72.12\mathrm{\%}$

As a consequence of the above calculation, it becomes obvious that hatching increases with an increase in temperature.

Therefore, the cold nest does not prevent hatching; however, it reduces the possibility of hatching.