Statistics & Probability Chapter 6 Project

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Olivia According to a study, 66% of people can whistle. If 11 people are in a

Jayden room, what is the probability that at least 10 of them can whistle?
What’s the probability that exactly 3 can whistle?

Some of the ideas we discussed throughout chapter 6 include things such as; the
random variable which is a value that is dependent on the results of a random
experiment. Discrete variables Can take on only a finite number of values or a
countable number of values. These are something that you can count, like counting the
change in your pocket would not be discrete, although counting money in your bank
account would. Along with discrete variables we also learned about continuous;
continuous variables can take on any of the countless number of values in a line
interval. Continuous variables are things that go on forever, such as counting pi.
Probability distribution is an assignment of probabilities to each distinct value of a
discrete random variable, or to each interval of values of a continuous variable, key
components of probability distribution would be the mean of the data set and standard
deviation. The mean is the sum of the data divided by the total number of data, which is
often referred to as an average. Standard deviation is used to measure the variety of
possible outcomes. To calculate the standard deviation you square root the variance,
which is the dispersion of all the data points you collected. Expected values are the
answer you would predict to get from your trial.
A binomial experiment is an experiment where you have a fixed number of
independent trials with only two outcomes. There are 5 factors to a binomial experiment,
these are; (1) there is a fixed number of trials. We denote this number by the letter n. (2)
The n trials are independent and repeated under identical conditions. (3) each trial has
only 2 outcomes; success, denoted by s, and failure denoted by f. (4) for each individual
trial, the probability of success is the same. We denote the probability of success by p
and that of failure by q. Since each trial results in either success or failure, q + p = 1 and
q = 1 - p. (5) the central problem of binomial experiment is to find the probability of r
success out of n trials. Lastly, the formulas needed to conduct a binomial experiment,
these formulas are for binomial distribution, mean, and standard deviation.

Binomial Distribution:
Statistics & Probability Chapter 6 Project

Mean and Standard Deviation:

The problem we were given for our chapter 6 stats project was according to a
study, 66% of people can whistle. If 11 people are in a room, what is the probability that
at least 10 of them can whistle? What’s the probability that exactly 3 can whistle? Our
scenario meets the criteria of a binomial experiment because it only has 2 outcomes,
you can whistle or you can not whistle. To answer the first part of the question I used the
binomial table. I found my n,p,q, and r and then plugged them into the table. N=11,
P=.66, Q=.44, and R= 10. After I plugged all the numbers into the table I found that the
probability of at least 10 out of the 11 people in the room can whistle was .86 or 86%. To
solve the next part of the question I also used the binomial table. I used the same
calculations as last time but changed the R to equal 3. After plugging in the numbers
into the table I found that the probability that exactly 3 people can whistle in a room of
11 people was .008 or .8%. I chose to use a binomial table because it is a quicker
method and it is easier if you do not have a graphing calculator on hand to use. These
calculations mean that the probability that exactly 3 people can whistle in a room of 11
people is very low while the probability of at least 10 people out of the 11 people can
whistle is very high.