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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 鈥渘o,鈥 or 鈥渘ot sure.鈥

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The given situation cannot be approximated using the binomial distribution as the question asked has more than two possible outcomes (鈥測es,鈥濃渘o,鈥漚nd 鈥渘ot sure鈥).

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Given information

The question asked in the survey is, 鈥淲hether the subjects find abbreviations annoying or not?鈥.

Out of 500 smartphone users who were surveyed, the response to a question had more than two possible outcomes: 鈥測es,鈥 鈥渘o,鈥 and 鈥渘ot sure.鈥

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Assumptions of binomial distribution

The following assumptions of the binomial distribution should be satisfied:

  • Finite and independent trials
  • Two possible outcomes (success and failure) for each trial
  • The probability of success should be the same for each of the trials
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Violation of an assumption of binomial distribution

Out of the given set of assumptions required for a procedure to follow the binomial distribution,one such assumption is that the outcomes of the event whose probability is to be computed should be of exactly two kinds:

  • One outcome is considered as the success;
  • The remaining outcome is considered afailure.

Here, the answer to the question of whether the subject finds abbreviations annoying or not has more than two possible outcomes (鈥測es,鈥濃渘o,鈥 and 鈥渘ot sure鈥).

Therefore, the given situation cannot be modeled using the binomial distribution.

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In Exercises 6鈥10, use the following: Five American Airlines flights are randomly selected, and the table in the margin lists the probabilities for the number that arrive on time (based on data from the Department of Transportation). Assume that five flights are randomly selected.

What does the probability of 0+ indicate? Does it indicate that among five randomly selectedflights, it is impossible for none of them to arrive on time?

x

P(x)

0

0+

1

0.006

2

0.051

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0.205

4

0.409

5

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a. Use the multiplication rule to find the probability that the first two guesses are wrong and the third is correct. That is, find P(WWC), where W denotes a wrong answerand C denotes a correct answer.

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In Exercises 21鈥24, assume that when adults with smartphones are randomly selected, 54% use them in meetings or classes (based on data from an LG Smartphone survey).

If 8 adult smartphone users are randomly selected, find the probability that exactly 6 of them use their smartphones in meetings or classes.

For the accompanying table, is the sum of the values of P(x)

equal to 1, as required for a probability distribution? Does the table describe a probability distribution?

Number of Girls x

P(x)

0

0.063

1

0.250

2

0.375

3

0.250

4

0.063

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