Question

Group is a private conference comprising American and European political elites who make up one-third and two-thirds of the group, respectively. Suppose you are looking at conferences, each with 150 members, in the Bilderberg Group. The null hypothesis is that the probability of a European being selected into the club is .

a. How many Europeans would you expect in a conference of 150 people if the null hypothesis is true?

Answer 1

The expected number of Europeans in a conference of 150 people can be calculated by multiplying the proportion 'a' by the total number of people in the conference.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we are given that the null hypothesis is that the probability of a European being selected into the club is 'a'. We are also given that the group comprises American and European political elites, with one-third and two-thirds of the group being American and European respectively.

Since the null hypothesis states that the probability of a European being selected into the club is 'a', this means that the proportion of Europeans in the group is 'a'.

If the null hypothesis is true, we can calculate the expected number of Europeans in a conference of 150 people by multiplying the proportion 'a' by the total number of people in the conference:

Expected Europeans = a * 150