A market research company is conducting a study on the packaging of a new breakfast cereal, which one of its clients is about to launch. Four different colours were used as the main colour in the packaging and customers were asked whether they were likely to try the new cereal. 500 people participated in the study and their replies are summarised in the table:  (a) Calculate the probability that a customer who tested the blue packet will buy the cereal.  (b) The probability that a consumer who tested the green packet will not or will likely not buy the cereal;  (c) Calculate the probability that a randomly selected customer who indicated he will buy the cereal tested the yellow packet;  (d) Whether the probability that a customer “Likely Will” buy the cereal is independent of the colour of the packet. Show the calculations to support your answer.  (e) Provide the definition of mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive for two events.  (f) Any selected events from Packet colour categories and Buying intention categories (select one event from Packet colour and one event from Buying intention) are mutually exclusive? Why? (g) Calculate the odds for a Yellow Packet colour and a Likely will not Buying intention separately. Are these two events collectively exhaustive? Why?

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A market research company is conducting a study on the packaging of a new breakfast
cereal, which one of its clients is about to launch. Four different colours were used as the
main colour in the packaging and customers were asked whether they were likely to try
the new cereal. 500 people participated in the study and their replies are summarised
in the table: 

(a) Calculate the probability that a customer who tested the blue packet will buy the
cereal.
 (b) The probability that a consumer who tested the green packet will not or will likely
not buy the cereal; 

(c) Calculate the probability that a randomly selected customer who indicated he will
buy the cereal tested the yellow packet;
 (d) Whether the probability that a customer “Likely Will” buy the cereal is independent
of the colour of the packet. Show the calculations to support your answer.
 (e) Provide the definition of mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive for two
events.
 (f) Any selected events from Packet colour categories and Buying intention categories
(select one event from Packet colour and one event from Buying intention) are
mutually exclusive? Why?
(g) Calculate the odds for a Yellow Packet colour and a Likely will not Buying intention
separately. Are these two events collectively exhaustive? Why?

Buying intention Will not Likely Likely
buy
Will
Total
Packet colour
Blue
Red
Yellow
Green
Total
buy
23
will not
will
21
37
55
136
33
26
34
16
109
54
32
28
123
19
29
40
44
132
127
124
157
92
500
Transcribed Image Text:Buying intention Will not Likely Likely buy Will Total Packet colour Blue Red Yellow Green Total buy 23 will not will 21 37 55 136 33 26 34 16 109 54 32 28 123 19 29 40 44 132 127 124 157 92 500
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