Author Question: When a fair coin is flipped 10 times, the probability distribution of the number of tails, x, is as ... (Read 55 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Aug 1, 2018

When a fair coin is flipped 10 times, the probability distribution of the number of tails, x, is as shown in the table. If Sue flips a coin 10 times and gets 8 tails, does that suggest that the coin is not fair?

x P(x)
0 0.001
1 0.010
2 0.044
3 0.117
4 0.205
5 0.246
6 0.205
7 0.117
8 0.044
9 0.010
10 0.001

A) Yes B) No

Determine whether the given procedure results in a binomial distribution. If not, state the reason why.

Question 2

If a 3 3 contingency table is presented, then you know that a study used variables each with categories.

a. three; two
b. two; three
c. three; three
d. nine; three