Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)

7th Edition

ISBN: 9780134683416

Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 5.5, Problem 1TY

A binomial experiment is listed. Determine whether you can use a normal distribution to approximate the distribution of x, the number of people who reply yes. If you can, find the mean and standard deviation. If you cannot explain why.

In a survey of adults in the United States, 29% said they have seen a person using a mobile device walk in front of a moving vehicle without looking. You randomly select 100 adults in the United States and ask them whether they have seen a person using a mobile device walk in front of a moving vehicle without looking. (Source: Consumer Reports)

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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Solution Summary: The author determines whether the normal distribution can be used to approximate the binomial distribution. The mean and standard deviation are 29 and 4.538, respectively.

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