
Hypergeometric Distribution vs. Binomial Distribution
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- Q1In the scenario where we are cutting five cards from a standard deck with replacement and counting the number of face cards, is the distribution binomial or hypergeometric?BinomialHypergeometricPoissonUniform30s
- Q2In the scenario where we are dealing five cards at the same time from a standard deck and counting the number of face cards, is the distribution binomial or hypergeometric?HypergeometricPoissonUniformBinomial30s
- Q3In a hypergeometric distribution, what happens to the probabilities of successful outcomes as more trials are conducted?Each time the probabilities decreaseEach time the probabilities get greater and greaterEach time the probabilities remain the sameEach time the probabilities fluctuate30s
- Q4Which distribution involves replacement and independent trials?HypergeometricBinomialPoissonUniform30s
- Q5Which distribution involves no replacement and dependent trials?PoissonUniformHypergeometricBinomial30s
- Q6What is a key characteristic of binomial distributions?Fluctuating probabilitiesIndependent trialsDependent trialsEqual probabilities30s
- Q7What is a key characteristic of hypergeometric distributions?Equal probabilitiesFluctuating probabilitiesDependent trialsIndependent trials30s
- Q8Which distribution involves a population size and the number of successful outcomes as parameters?HypergeometricUniformBinomialPoisson30s
- Q9In a binomial distribution, what does the probability of success plus the probability of failure always equal?031230s
- Q10Which distribution involves a fixed number of trials and the same probability of success for each trial?HypergeometricPoissonUniformBinomial30s
- Q11In the scenario where we are cutting five cards from a standard deck with replacement and counting the number of face cards, is the distribution binomial or hypergeometric?binomialhypergeometricuniformmultinomial30s
- Q12In the scenario where we are dealing five cards at the same time from a standard deck and counting the number of face cards, is the distribution binomial or hypergeometric?multinomialhypergeometricbinomialuniform30s
- Q13What is the probability of success in the scenario where we are cutting five face cards from a standard deck with replacement?4 out of 132 out of 133 out of 131 out of 1330s
- Q14What happens to the probabilities in a hypergeometric distribution as more cards are drawn?They fluctuate randomlyThey remain constantThey decreaseThey get greater and greater30s
- Q15Which distribution involves independent trials and replacement of items?uniformpoissonbinomialhypergeometric30s