In: Statistics and Probability
Innocent until proven guilty? In Japanese criminal trials, about 95% of the defendants are found guilty. In the United States, about 60% of the defendants are found guilty in criminal trials†. Suppose you are a news reporter following six criminal trials.
(a) If the trials were in Japan, what is the probability that
all the defendants would be found guilty? (Round your answer to
three decimal places.)
What is this probability if the trials were in the United States?
(Round your answer to three decimal places.)
(b) Of the six trials, what is the expected number of guilty
verdicts in Japan? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
verdicts
What is the expected number in the United Sates? (Round your answer
to two decimal places.)
verdicts
What is the standard deviation in Japan? (Round your answer to two
decimal places.)
verdicts
What is the standard deviation in the United States? (Round your
answer to two decimal places.)
verdicts
(c) As a U.S. news reporter, how many trials n would you
need to cover to be at least 99% sure of two or more
convictions?
trials
How many trials n would you need if you covered trials in
Japan?
trials