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Chapter 6 Review Homework Question 12
Chapter 6 Review Homework
12. Suppose that a recent poll found that 69% of adults believe that the overall state of moral values is poor. Complete parts (a) through (c).
(a) For 300 randomly selected adults, compute the mean and standard deviation of the random variable X, the number of adults who believe that the overall state of moral values is poor.
The mean of X is
The standard deviation of X is
(b) Interpret the mean. Choose the correct answer below.
- For every 300 adults, the mean is the number of them that would be expected to believe that the overall state of moral values is poor.
- For every 207 adults, the mean is the maximum number of them that would be expected to believe that the overall state of moral values is poor.
- For every 300 adults, the mean is the minimum number of them that would be expected to believe that the overall state of moral values is poor.
- For every 300 adults, the mean is the range that would be expected to believe that the overall state of moral values is poor.
(c) Would it be unusual if 198 of the 300 adults surveyed believe that the overall state of moral values is poor?
- No.
- Yes