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HSS.MD Tutor Intake - Random Variables, Expected Value, and Decisions

This short diagnostic helps your tutor see where to start in the Using-Probability-to-Make-Decisions unit. Every topic here is advanced (STEM-track) material, so a few items assume you have opted into it. Answer each question on your own, without help. If you are unsure, give your best attempt - a wrong answer still tells your tutor what to review.

Grade 11·12 problems·~16 min·Common Core Math - HS Statistics and Probability·domain·md
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Concepts

1.

Two fair coins are tossed and XX is the number of heads. Which
statement correctly describes XX?

2.

For a family of three children, let XX be the number of girls. The
expected value is E(X)=1.5E(X) = 1.5. What does this tell you?

3.

A survey of 200 households records the number of cars per household.
The category "2 cars" occurs 66 times. What probability P(X=2)P(X = 2)
should you assign from this empirical data? Give a decimal.

4.

You want to pick one of three prizes fairly using the numbers 1 to
100 from a random number generator. Which mapping is fair?

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Procedures

1.

Two fair coins are tossed and XX is the number of heads. Each of the
four outcomes (HH, HT, TH, TT) is equally likely. What is P(X=1)P(X = 1)?
Give a decimal or fraction.

2.

A spinner pays 1, 1, 1, or 10 points on four equally likely regions,
so P(X=1)=34P(X = 1) = \frac{3}{4} and P(X=10)=14P(X = 10) = \frac{1}{4}. Compute the
expected value E(X)E(X).

3.

On a 5-question multiple-choice quiz with 4 choices each, a student
guesses every answer, so each question is correct with probability
14\frac{1}{4}. Which expression gives P(X=2)P(X = 2), the probability of
exactly 2 correct?

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