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In Exercises 7鈥14, determine whether a probability

distribution is given. If a probability distribution is given, find its mean and standarddeviation. If a probability distribution is not given, identify the requirements that are not satisfied.

When conducting research on color blindness in males, a researcher forms random groups with fivemales in each group. The random variable xis the number of males in the group who have a form of color blindness (based on data from the National Institutes of Health).

x

P(x)

0

0.659

1

0.287

2

0.05

3

0.004

4

0.001

5

0+

Short Answer

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The mean of the random variable x is 0.4.

The standard deviation of x is 0.6.

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01

Given information

The probability distribution for color blindness in males is provided.

The variable x is the number of males in the group who have a form of color blindness.

02

Identify the requirements for a probability distribution

The requirements are as follows.

1)The variable x isa numerical random variable.

2)The sum of the probabilities is computed as

Px=0.659+0.287+0.05+0.004+0.001+0.000=1.001

Therefore,the sum of the probabilities is approximately equal to 1 with a round-off error of 0.001.

3) Each value of P(x) is between 0 and 1.

Thus, the probability distribution is valid.

03

Compute the mean

The mean for the random variable is computed as

=xPx=00.659+10.287+30.05+...+50.000=0.403

Thus, the mean value of the random variable x is 0.4.

04

Compute the standard deviation

The standard deviation of the random variable x is computed as

=x2Px-2

The calculations are as follows.

x2Px=020.659+120.287+220.05+...+520.000=0.539

The standard deviation is given as

=x2Px-2=0.539-0.4032=0.61360.6

Thus, the standard deviation of x is 0.6.

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