Thirty-five percent (35%) of the population in a small community outside of Brownsville, Texas are Spanish-speaking American citizens. A Spanish-speaking person is arrested and accused of drug trafficing that resulted in the death of a non-Spanish-speaking American. The case goes to trial. Of the first 16 potential jurors who are interviewed, only 1 Spanish-speaking American is chosen to be on the jury, and 15 are not. The defendant's lawyer challenges the jury selection, claiming bias against her client. The government lawyer disagrees, saying that the probability of this particular jury composition is common and not unusual. Using Excel, (A) Compute the probability of selecting 1 Spanish-speaking Americans on the jury: (B) How many Spanish-speaking jurors would you expect? (C ) Compute the standard deviation of the probability distribution:
Thirty-five percent (35%) of the population in a small community outside of Brownsville, Texas are Spanish-speaking American citizens.
A Spanish-speaking person is arrested and accused of drug trafficing that resulted in the death of a non-Spanish-speaking American. The case goes to trial. Of the first 16 potential jurors who are interviewed, only 1 Spanish-speaking American is chosen to be on the jury, and 15 are not. The defendant's lawyer challenges the jury selection, claiming bias against her client. The government lawyer disagrees, saying that the
Using Excel, (A) Compute the probability of selecting 1 Spanish-speaking Americans on the jury:
(B) How many Spanish-speaking jurors would you expect?
(C ) Compute the standard deviation of the probability distribution:
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