Stats Ch 5 And 6

variable is a variable that has a single numerical? value, determined by? chance, for each outcome of a procedure.

random variable has infinitely many values associated with measurements.

The ....... of a discrete random variable represents the mean value of the outcomes.

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Which of the following is not a requirement of the binomial probability? distribution?

In the binomial probability? formula, the variable x represents the

?If, under a given? assumption, the probability of a particular observed event is extremely? small, we conclude that the assumption is probably not correct.

The? _______ of a discrete random variable represents the mean value of the outcomes.

To determine the probability that among the 17 offspring peas ,at least 16 have green pods, use the fact that....

says that the range is about four times the standard deviation

4*standard deviation

Why must a continuity correction be used when using the normal approximation for the binomial? distribution?

Sample means, variances and proportions

Sample medians, ranges and standard deviations

a variable (typically represented by x) that has a single numerical value, determined by chance, for each outcome of a procedure

a description that gives the probability for each value of the random variable, often expressed in the format of a graph, table, or formula

a EXACT number of values or countable number of values

infinitely many values, and those values can be associated with measurements

mean formula

standard deviation=

x successes among n trials is an unusually high number of successes if

x successes among n trials is an unusually low number of successes if

-The procedure has a fixed number of trials. -The trials must be independent. (The outcome of any individual trial doesn't affect the probabilities in the other trials.) -Each trial must have all outcomes classified into two categories (commonly referred to as success and failure). -The probability of a success remains the same in all trials.

p(s)=p

denotes a specific number of successes in n trials,

denotes the fixed number of trials.

denotes the probability of success in one of the n trials.

denotes the probability of getting exactly x successes among the n trials.

When sampling without replacement, consider events to be independent if

range rule of thumb: maximum usual value minimum usual value

bell shaped- empirical rule when

The Poisson distribution is sometimes used to approximate the binomial distribution when

Its graph is bell-shaped. Its mean is equal to 0 (? = 0). Its standard deviation is equal to 1 (? = 1).

1. The total area under the curve must equal 1. 2. Every point on the curve must have a vertical height that is 0 or greater. (That is, the curve cannot fall below the x-axis.)

use area to find....

normal distribution: how to find areas on calc

z=

The points do not lie reasonably close to a straight line. The points show some systematic pattern that is not a straight-line pattern.

Step 1. First sort the data by arranging the values in order from lowest to highest. Step 2. With a sample of size n, each value represents a proportion of 1/n of the sample. Using the known sample size n, identify the areas of 1/2n, 3/2n, and so on. These are the cumulative areas to the left of the corresponding sample values. Step 3. Use the standard normal distribution (Table A-2 or software or a calculator) to find the z scores corresponding to the cumulative left areas found in Step 2. (These are the z scores that are expected from a normally distributed sample.) Step 4. Match the original sorted data values with their corresponding z scores found in Step 3, then plot the points (x, y), where each x is an original sample value and y is the corresponding z score. Step 5. Examine the normal quantile plot and determine whether or not the distribution is normal.

is the distribution of all values of the statistic when all possible samples of the SAME SIZE N are taken from the SAME POPULATION

THE sampling distribution of the sample? mean

the distribution of sampling variance

MEADIAN

says that the computed values of the average will be distributed according to the normal distribution (commonly known as a "bell curve").