Week 4 Exercises
Chapter 5 – Section 1. Question 5
To perform a certain type of blood analysis, lab technicians must perform two procedures. The first procedure requires either one or two separate steps, and the second procedure requires either one, two, or three steps.
a. List the experimental outcomes associated with performing the blood analysis.
Answer: There are two procedures that a lab technician must perform. The first procedure requires either one or two separate steps, which could be named as x1 and x2. The second procedure requires either one, two or three steps, which could be named as y1, y2 and y3. The experimental outcomes associated with performing the blood analysis from 1st procedure (x1,x2) and 2nd procedure: (y1,y2,y3):
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What is the probability that it takes at least two sessions to gain the patient’s trust?
Answer: The probability that is takes at least two sessions to gain the patient’s trust is 0.83, because
Probability x≥2=f2+f3=26+36=0.8333=0.83
Chapter 5 – Section 3. Question 17
a. Let x be a random variable indicating the number of times a student takes the SAT. Show the probability distribution for this random variable.
Answer: The probability distribution: Number of Times (x) | Number of Students | f(x) | 1 | 721,769 | 0.4752 | 2 | 601,325 | 0.3959 | 3 | 166,736 | 0.1098 | 4 | 22,299 | 0.0147 | 5 | 6,730 | 0.0044 | | 1,518,859 | 1.0000 |
b. What is the probability that a student takes the SAT more than one time?
Answer: The probability that a student takes the SAT more then one time is 0.5248, because
Probabilityx>1=f2+f3+f4+f5=0.3959+0.1098+0.0147+0.0044=0.5248
c. What is the probability that a student takes the SAT three or more times?
Answer: The probability that a student takes the SAT three or more times is 0.1289, because
Probabilityx≥3=f3+f4+f5=0.1098+0.0147+0.0044=0.1289
d. What is the expected value of the number of times the SAT is taken? What is your interpretation of the expected value?
Answer: The expected value of the number of times the SAT is taken is 1.6772, because
Ex=μ=Σxfx
x | f(x) | xf(x) | 1 | 0.4752 | 0.4752 | 2 | 0.3959 | 0.7918 | 3 | 0.1098 | 0.3293 | 4 | 0.0147 |
3. At this point, you are ready to begin the lab exercise. Click on the “Information” button on the blood
Short Answer Writing Assignment – Both the calculated binomial probabilities and the descriptive statistics from the class database will be used to answer the following questions.
Proportion of all business students at Rocky University who were not involved in some type of cheating, are as follows: p1 = 0.1 (9/90).
Some questions in Part A require that you access data from Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics. This data is available on the student website under the Student Test Resources link.
An estimated number of 100,000 children take this exam annually. There is a 1 on 6 probability that the child will qualify due to there being a mere 15000 to 20000 seats. Since these schools have a favourable reputation, the demand for these schools is high. They belong to the top-notch schools in the UK.
they will pass the course. The probability of not passing if the student does not do the
7. What are the recommended SAT subject tests for people applying for an engineering degree?
Females: 41.7 / 73.6 = 0.566576 = 56.7 %. The pass score of 56.7% shows that there is evidence of adverse impact: 62.5 / 77.7 = 0.8043758 = 80.4%. The pass rate which is 80.4% indicates that there is no evidence of adverse impact.
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Blood is drawn four times during the testing hours (30 min, 1 hour, 2 hour, and 3 hour)