Answer :
Answer:
a) [tex]n = 20[/tex] and [tex]p = 0.25[/tex]
b) The mean number of correct guesses in 20 cards for subjects who are just guessing is 5.
c) 0.2023 = 20.23% probability of exactly 5 correct guesses in 20 cards if a subject is just guessing
Step-by-step explanation:
Binomial probability distribution
The binomial probability is the probability of exactly x successes on n repeated trials, and X can only have two outcomes.
[tex]P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}[/tex]
In which [tex]C_{n,x}[/tex] is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.
[tex]C_{n,x} = \frac{n!}{x!(n-x)!}[/tex]
And p is the probability of X happening.
The expected value of the binomial distribution is:
[tex]E(X) = np[/tex]
The standard deviation of the binomial distribution is:
[tex]\sqrt{V(X)} = \sqrt{np(1-p)}[/tex]
A. The count of correct guesses in 20 cards has a binomial distribution. What are n and p?
20 cards mean that [tex]n = 20[/tex]
A subject who is just guessing has a one in four chance of guessing correctly on each card, which means that [tex]p = \frac{1}{4} = 0.25[/tex]
B. What is the mean number of correct guesses in 20 cards for subjects who are just guessing?
Expected value, so
[tex]E(X) = np = 20*0.25 = 5[/tex]
The mean number of correct guesses in 20 cards for subjects who are just guessing is 5.
C. What is the probability of exactly 5 correct guesses in 20 cards if a subject is just guessing?
This is P(X = 5). So
[tex]P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}[/tex]
[tex]P(X = 5) = C_{20,5}.(0.25)^{5}.(0.75)^{15} = 0.2023[/tex]
0.2023 = 20.23% probability of exactly 5 correct guesses in 20 cards if a subject is just guessing