Question

Suppose that computer literacy among people ages 40 and older is being studied and that the accompanying tables describes the probability distribution for four randomly selected people, where x is the number that are computer literate. Is it unusual (using P(x) less than 0.05) to find four computer literates among four randomly selected people?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The complete question is given thus:

Suppose that computer literacy among people ages 40 and older is being studied and that the accompanying tables describes the probability distribution for four randomly selected people, where x is the number that are computer literate. Is it unusual to find four computer literates among four randomly selected people?

x P(x)

0 0.16

1 0.25

2 0.36

3 0.15

4 0.08

• Yes
• No

ANSWER:

The odds that this will occur according to the chart are 0.08, or 8%, so although this is unlikely, it's not terribly unusual.

⇒ NO

So from the following we can say it is not unusual to find four (4) computer literates among four randomly selected people.

ok, so P(1) + P(2) + P(3) + P(4) + P(0) = 0.16+0.25+0.36+0.15+0.08 = 1

Whereas the chance of finding four (4) out of four (4) computer iteration is low when compared to other factors.

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