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Chapter 6: Q. 82 (page 404)

Lie detectors A federal report finds that lie detector tests given to truthful persons have probability about 0.2 of suggesting that the person is deceptive. A company asks 12job applicants about thefts from
previous employers, using a lie detector to assess their truthfulness. Suppose that all 12 answer truthfully. Let X=the number of people who the lie detector says are being deceptive.
(a) Find and interpret 渭X.
(b) Find and interpret 蟽X.

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(a) The interpret 渭X is 2.4.

(b) The interpret 蟽Xis 1.3856.

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Part (a) Step 1: Given information 

A company asks 12job applicants about thefts from previous employers, using a lie detector to assess their truthfulness .

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Part (a) Step 2: Explanation 

Let, n=12and p=0.20

The mean of the sample size nand the probability is:

渭x=n脳p=12(0.20)=2.4

According to the lie detector, on average of 2.4people are deceptive.

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Part (b) Step 1: Given information 

LetX= the number of people who the lie detector says are being deceptive.

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Part (b) Step 2: Explanation 

Let, n=12, and p=0.20.

The standard deviation of the sample size nand the probability p:

蟽x=(n脳p)(1-p)

=12(0.20)(1-0.20)

=1.3856

This means that on average, the number of persons who the lie detector claims are lying varies by a factor of two. 1.3856.

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