Consider a binomial random variable x with n = 45 and p = .05. a. Are np

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Consider a binomial random variable x with n = 45 and p = .05.
a. Are np and nq both larger than 5?
b. Based on your answer to part a, can we use the normal approximation to approximate the binomial probabilities associated with x? If not, is there another possible approximation we could use?
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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9781133103752

14th Edition

Authors: William Mendenhall, Robert Beaver, Barbara Beaver

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