Chapter 5: Q7 (page 209)
Identifying Binomial Distributions. In Exercises 5鈥12, determine whether the given procedure results in a binomial distribution (or a distribution that can be treated as binomial). For those that are not binomial, identify at least one requirement that is not satisfied.
LOL In a U.S. Cellular survey of 500 smartphone users, subjects are asked if they find abbreviations (such as LOL or BFF) annoying, and each response was recorded as 鈥測es鈥 or 鈥渙ther.鈥
Short Answer
The given situation can be approximated using the binomial distribution as the outcome of the question asked has exactly two possible outcomes (yes/other), and all the other assumptions are met by the procedure.