In: Statistics and Probability
The grade appeal process at a university requires that a jury be structured by selecting
eight
individuals randomly from a pool of
eight
students and
twelve
faculty. (a) What is the probability of selecting a jury of all students? (b) What is the probability of selecting a jury of all faculty? (c) What is the probability of selecting a jury of
four
students and
four
faculty?
Jury to have 8 individuals
Number of students in the pool = 8
Number of faculty in the pool = 12
Number of individuals in the pool =8+12 =20
(a)
Probability of selecting a jury of all students
= Number of selecting 8 students for jury from 8 students / Number ways of selecting 8 individuals for jury from 20 individuals
Probability of selecting a jury of all students = 1/125970 = 0.00000794
(b)
Probability of selecting a jury of all faculty
= Number of selecting 8 faculty for jury from 12 faculty / Number ways of selecting 8 individuals for jury from 20 individuals
Probability of selecting a jury of all faculty= 33/8398 = 0.003929507
(c)
probability of selecting a jury of four students and four faculty=
= Number of selecting 4 students for jury from 8 students x Number of selecting 4 faculty for jury from 12 faculty / Number ways of selecting 8 individuals for jury from 20 individuals
Probability of selecting a jury of four students and four faculty = 3465/12597 = 0.275065492