SOLUTION: The final exam in a sociology course consists of 100 multiple-choice questions. Each question has five possible answers, and only one of them is correct. An unprepared student make
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Question 884420: The final exam in a sociology course consists of 100 multiple-choice questions. Each question has five possible answers, and only one of them is correct. An unprepared student makes random guesses for all of the answers.
Find the mean and standard deviation for the number of correct answers for such students.
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The final exam in a sociology course consists of 100 multiple-choice questions. Each question has five possible answers, and only one of them is correct. An unprepared student makes random guesses for all of the answers.
Find the mean and standard deviation for the number of correct answers for such students.
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mean = np = 100(1/5) = 20
std = sqrt(npq) = sqrt(20(4/5)) = sqrt(16) = 4
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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