A woman claims that she is a fortune-teller. Specifically, she claims that she can predict the direction

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A woman claims that she is a fortune-teller. Specifically, she claims that she can predict the direction of the change (up or down) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the next 10 days (such as U, U, D, U, D, U, U, D, D, D). Obviously, you are skeptical, thinking that she is just guessing, so you would be surprised if her predictions are accurate. Which would surprise you more?
(1) She predicts at least 8 out of 10 correctly, or
(2) She predicts at least 6 out of 10 correctly on each of four separate occasions? Answer by assuming that (1) she is really guessing and (2) each day the Dow is equally likely to go up or down.

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Data Analysis and Decision Making

ISBN: 978-0538476126

4th edition

Authors: Christian Albright, Wayne Winston, Christopher Zappe

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