In: Statistics and Probability
Identify the Distribution
Select the Distribution that best fits the definition of the random variable X in each case.
Question 1) You have 5 cards in a pile, including one special card. You draw 3 cards one at a time without replacement. X = the number of non-special cards drawn.
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Question 2) The number of car accidents at a particular intersection occur independently at a constant rate with no chance of two occurring at exactly the same time. X = the number of accidents on a Thursday.
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Question 3) A soccer player has a certain probability p of being injured in each game, independently of other games. X = the number of games played before the player is injured.
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Question 4) A jury of 12 people each independently vote on whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty, each with the same probability. X = the number who vote guilty.
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Question 5) In a single game of (American) roulette, a small ball is rolled around a spinning wheel in such a way that it is equally likely to land in any of 38 bins. Sixteen of the bins are Red, another 16 are Black, and the remaining 2 are Green. Suppose 5 games of roulette are to be played. What is the joint distribution of the number of times the ball lands Red and the number of times the ball lands Green?
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Question 6) Each hurricane independently has a certain probability of being classified as "serious." A climatologist wants to study the effects of the next 5 serious hurricanes. X = the number of non-serious hurricanes observed until the data is collected.
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Question 7) The amount of anesthetic required to keep a person asleep during a 1-hour surgery is directly related to their weight. A hospital is performing 10 such surgeries on 10 independent patients. X = the total amount of anesthetic required.
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 Discrete Uniform  | 
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 Hypergeometric  | 
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 Binomial  | 
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 Negative Binomial  | 
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 Geometric  | 
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 Poisson  | 
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 Continuous Uniform  | 
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 Exponential  | 
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 Normal  | 
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 Multinomial  | 
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 None of the Above  | 
Question 8) To measure the concentration of chemicals in rain, a square of absorbant paper is placed outside in a rainstorm for a few seconds, where raindrops are equally likely to land anywhere on it. X = the x-coordinate of a random raindrop on the paper.
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Question 9) In Lotto 6/49 a player selects a set of six numbers (with no repeats) from the set {1, 2, ..., 49}. In the lottery draw, six numbers are selected at random. Let X = the first number drawn.
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Question 10) Emails arrive at a server independently of each other at the uniform rate throughout the day with little chances of more than one email arriving at the same instant. X = time between two consecutive emails.
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