Business Analytics (2nd Edition)
Business Analytics (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321997821
Author: James R. Evans
Publisher: PEARSON
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Addition Rule of Probability
It simply refers to the likelihood of an event taking place whenever the occurrence of an event is uncertain. The probability of a single event can be calculated by dividing the number of successful trials of that event by the total number of trials.
Expected Value
When a large number of trials are performed for any random variable ‘X’, the predicted result is most likely the mean of all the outcomes for the random variable and it is known as expected value also known as expectation. The expected value, also known …
Probability Distributions
Understanding probability is necessary to know the probability distributions. In statistics, probability is how the uncertainty of an event is measured. This event can be anything. The most common examples include tossing a coin, rolling a die, or choosi…
Basic Probability
The simple definition of probability it is a chance of the occurrence of an event. It is defined in numerical form and the probability value is between 0 to 1. The probability value 0 indicates that there is no chance of that event occurring and the prob…
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A home pregnancy test is not always accurate. Suppose the probability is 0.015 that the test indicates that a woman is pregnant when she actually is not, and the probability is 0.025 that the test indicates that a woman is not pregnant when she really is. Assume that the probability that a woman who takes the test is actually pregnant is 0.7. What is the probability that a woman is pregnant if the test yields a not-pregnant result?

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Business Analytics (2nd Edition)

Ch. 5 - Lauren drinks a vanety of soft dnnks. Over the...Ch. 5 - Consider the experiment of drawing two cards...Ch. 5 - Three coins are dropped on a table. List all...Ch. 5 - A market research company surveyed consumers to...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5PECh. 5 - Prob. 6PECh. 5 - Prob. 7PECh. 5 - Prob. 8PECh. 5 - Prob. 9PECh. 5 - A survey of 200 college graduates who have been...
Ch. 5 - Prob. 11PECh. 5 - A survey of shopping habits found the percentage...Ch. 5 - Prob. 13PECh. 5 - Prob. 14PECh. 5 - Use the Civilian Labor Force data in the Excel...Ch. 5 - Prob. 16PECh. 5 - A home pregnancy test is not always accurate....Ch. 5 - In the scenario in Problem 2, what is the...Ch. 5 - In the roulette example described in Problem 7,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 20PECh. 5 - Prob. 21PECh. 5 - Prob. 22PECh. 5 - Prob. 23PECh. 5 - Based on the data in the Excel file Consumer...Ch. 5 - Prob. 25PECh. 5 - The Excel file Call Center Data shows that in a...Ch. 5 - If a cell phone company conducted a telemarketing...Ch. 5 - A popular resort hotel has 300 rooms and is...Ch. 5 - A telephone call center where people place...Ch. 5 - Prob. 31PECh. 5 - Prob. 32PECh. 5 - Prob. 33PECh. 5 - Prob. 34PECh. 5 - Prob. 35PECh. 5 - In determining automobile-mileage ratings, it was...Ch. 5 - Prob. 37PECh. 5 - Prob. 38PECh. 5 - A supplier contract calls for a key dimension of a...Ch. 5 - Historical data show that customers who download...Ch. 5 - A Iightbulb is warranted to last for 5,000 hours....Ch. 5 - Prob. 42PECh. 5 - Develop a procedure to sample from the probability...Ch. 5 - Prob. 44PECh. 5 - Prob. 45PECh. 5 - Prob. 46PECh. 5 - A formula in financial analysis is:...Ch. 5 - A government agency is putting a large project out...
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