Calculating Binomial Probabilities

1. Calculate descriptive statistics for the variable (Coin) where each of the students flipped a coin 10 times. Round your answers to three decimal places and type the mean and the standard deviation in the grey area below. Mean: Standard deviation: Short Answer Writing Assignment – Both the calculated binomial probabilities and the descriptive statistics from the class database will be used to answer the following questions. Round all numeric answers to three decimal places. 2. List the probability value for each possibility in the binomial experiment calculated at the beginning of this lab, which was calculated with the probability of a success being ½. (Complete sentence not necessary; round your answers to three decimal places) P(x=0) P(x=6) P(x=1) P(x=7) P(x=2) P(x=8) P(x=3) P(x=9) P(x=4) P(x=10) P(x=5) 3. Give the probability for the following based on the calculations in question 3 above, with the probability of a success being ½. ( round your answers to three decimal places) P(x≥1) P(x<0) P(x>1) P(x≤4) P(4<x ≤7) P(x<4 or x≥7) 4. Calculate (by hand) the mean and standard deviation for the binomial distribution with the probability of a success being ½ and n = 10. Either show work or explain how your answer was calculated. Use these formulas to do the hand calculations: Mean = np, Standard Deviation = Mean = np: Standard Deviation = : 5. Using all four of the properties of a Binomial experiment (see page 201 in the textbook) explain in a short paragraph of several complete sentences why the Coin variable from the class survey represents a binomial distribution from a binomial experiment. 6. Compare the mean and standard deviation for the Coin variable (question 2) with those of the mean and standard deviation for the binomial distribution that was calculated by hand in question 7. Explain how they are related in a short paragraph of several complete sentences. Mean from question #2: Standard deviation from question #2: Mean from question #5: Standard deviation from question #5: Comparison and explanation:            

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