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Chapter 5: Q 5.3. (page 200)
What is the difference between selecting a member at random from a finite population and taking a simple random sample of size 1?
There is no difference between the two.
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In 10 Bernoulli trials, how many outcomes contain exactly three successes?
A variable y of a finite population has the following frequency distribution:
| y | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| f | 18 | 14 | 8 | 10 |
Suppose a member is selected at random from the population and let Y denote the value of the variable y for the member obtained.
a. Determine the probability distribution of the random variable Y.
b. Use random-variable notation to describe the events that Y takes on the value 3, a value less than 3, and a value of at least 3.
c. Find P(Y = 3), P(Y < 3), and P(Y 3). Interpret your results.
d. Construct a probability histogram for the random variable Y.
Archery. An archer shoots an arrow into a square target 6 feet on a side whose center we call the origin. The outcome of this random experiment is the point in the target hit by the arrow. The archer scores 10 points if she hits the bull's eye-a disk of radius 1 foot centered at the origin; she scores 5 points if she hits the ring with inner radius 1 foot and outer radius 2 feet centered at the origin; and she scores 0 points otherwise. Assume that the archer will actually hit the target and is equally likely to hit any portion of the target. For one arrow shot, let S be the score.
(a) Obtain and interpret the probability distribution of the random variable S. (Hint: The area of a square is the square of its side length; the area of a disk is the square of its radius times.)
(b) Use the special addition rule and the probability distribution obtained in part (a) to determine and interpret the probability of each of the following events:
Suppose that a simple random sample is taken from a finite population in which each member is classified as either having or not having a specified attribute. Fill in the following blanks.
(a) If sampling is with replacement, the probability distribution of the number of members sampled that have the specified attribute is a distribution.
(b) If sampling is without replacement, the probability distribution of the number of members sampled that have the specified attribute is a distribution.
(c) If sampling is without replacement and the sample size does not exceed % of the population size, the probability distribution of the number of members sampled that have the specified attribute can be approximated by a distribution.
Pets. According to JAVMA News, a publication of the American Veterinary Medical Association, roughly 60% of U.S. households own one or more pets. Four U.S. households are selected at random. Use Table VII in Appendix A to solve the following problems.
(a) Find the probability that, of the four households sampled, the number that own one or more pets is exactly three; at least three; at most three.
(b) Find the probability distribution of the random variable X. the number of U.S. households in a random sample of four that own one or more pets.
(c) Without referring to the probability distribution obtained in part (b) or constructing a probability histogram, decide whether the probability distribution is right-skewed, symmetric, or left-skewed. Explain your answer. *
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