1. Binomial Experiments Bernoulli Experiments

2. Study Guide • Use your textbook (pp225…) to answer: • 1. Who was Jacob Bernoulli? • 2. The sort of problems which have exactly 2 possible outcomes is now called:___________? • 3. Describe the central problem of a binomial experiment. • 4. T/F Binomial experiments work only with dependent situations. • 5. Each faculty member at Pepperdine University has been asked about recommending which new car Mr. Micek should purchase… • The # of trials, n = ______? • The # of outcomes possible = _______? • Is this a binomial experiment?

3. Study Guide sample answers • 1. a 17th century Swiss mathematician who studied binomial experiments extensively. So much so that still they are often called Bernoulli experiments • 2. Binomial experiments • 3. to find the probability of r successes out of n trials • 4. False… only with Independent trials (lg assmption) • 5. # of Pepp faculty/ as many models of cars as there are/ no, since there are more than 2 possibilities