any of the values 1-12 the bet is won and the return is $3.00. If the ball lands on any of the other values the bet is lost. a.) Compute the expected value of this game. (4 points) X 2 -1 P(x) 12/38 26/38 X*P(x) .631 -.684 -.053 The expected value is -.053. b.) Interpret this expected value. (4 points) This means that the casino wins 5.3 cents per game or the players lose 5.3 cents per game. c.) What is the average return to the casino from 1‚000‚000 such bets? (4 points)
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9551/SQRT(300)‚1) = 0.0783 (c) A circuit contains three resistors wired in series. Each is rated at 6 ohms. Suppose‚ however‚ that the true resistance of each one is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 6 ohms and a standard deviation of 0.3 ohm. What is the probability that the combined resistance will exceed 19 ohms? How "precise" would the manufacturing process have to be to make the probability less than 0.005 that the combined resistance of the circuit would exceed 19
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Standard Deviation use in the Business World Abstract This paper evaluates the role of standard deviation in business. As part of the evaluation‚ a brief summary of five different peer reviewed papers has been presented. Topics such as‚ the purpose of the study‚ the research questions‚ the hypothesis of the study‚ and the main findings of the study for the five papers‚ have been summarized by each of the learning team members. Standard Deviation use in the Business World Standard Deviation
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and Standard Deviation 1. The null hypothesis would be: There is no difference in levels of empowerment‚ self-care and efficacy‚ or depression in patients with end stage renal disease that have attended an empowerment program. 2. The average baseline depression score in the experimental group was 14.00. This value is pulled from the Mean Column 3. The baseline number for the self-care and efficacy patients was 89.56‚ where posttest numbers are 96.00. This should be an expected number
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Case 2: Gulf Real Estate Properties. Please provide a Managerial Report that includes: 1. Appropriate descriptive statistics to summarize each of the three variables for the forty Gulf View condominiums 2. Appropriate descriptive statistics to summarize each of the three variables for the eighteen No-Gulf View condominiums 3. Comparison of your summary results from #1 & #2. Discuss any specific statistical results that would help a real estate agent understand the condominium market. 4. A 95%
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Part 1 of 1 - | Question 1 of 10 | 1.0 Points | Consider the following scenario in answering questions 1 through 4. Results from previous studies showed 79% of all high school seniors from a certain city plan to attend college after graduation. A random sample of 200 high school seniors from this city reveals that 162 plan to attend college. Does this indicate that the percentage has increased from that of previous studies? Test at the 5% level of significance. State the null and alternative
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Inferences for One Population Standard Deviation The Standard deviation is a measure of the variation (or spread) of a data set. For a variable x‚ the standard deviation of all possible observations for the entire population is called the population standard deviation or standard deviation of the variable x. It is denoted σx or‚ when no confusion will arise‚ simply σ. Suppose that we want to obtain information about a population standard deviation. If the population is small‚ we can often determine
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using Excel‚ provide the following for the variable(s) of your choice: 1. Frequency distribution of a variable and bar graph of the same variable 2. Descriptive statistics of a continuous dataset: mean‚ median‚ mode‚ skewness‚ kurtosis‚ standard deviation 3. Cross tabulation of two variables 4. Comparison of the effect of three or more groups (single variable) on a single continuous variable 5. Scatterplot of two continuous variables 6. Correlation between the two continuous
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Century National Bank The following case will appear in subsequent review sections. Assume that you work in the Planning Department of the Century National Bank and report to Ms. Lamberg. You will need to do some data analysis and prepare a short written report. Remember‚ Mr. Selig is the president of the bank‚ so you will want to ensure that your report is complete and accurate. A copy of data appears in Appendix N. (EXCEL) Century National Bank has offices in several cities in the Midwest
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between the security and market returns divided by the variance of the market’s returnsB. the covariance between the security and market returns divided by the standard deviation of the market’s returnsC. the variance of the security’s returns divided by the covariance between the security and market returnsD. the variance of the security’s returns divided by the variance of the market’s returns 4. Consider the following two stocks‚ A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 10% and a beta of 1.20.
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