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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

When's Day HW

Tonight please complete the tree diagram practice provided in class (or below)--one is about binge drinking, the other is about the type of high school students attended and their chances of graduating college.
  • For the "binge drinking' question....
    • The first information is defining binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a row for men, 4 ore more in a row for women)--these aren't probabilities, so these won't be used in our tree diagram....
    • There are three "types of drinkers" defined, but only two probabilities for being involved in an alcohol related accident....
      • Remember, those who drink moderately and those who abstain both fall into the category of "nonbingers..."
  • For the private college question....
    • The 70% refers to the percent of incoming freshmen (at this college) who attended a public high school
    • Then, the chance of graduation is referring to the probability students graduate from this college depending on the type of high school they attended....
  • Answer Key:
    • You will receive a detailed key with all work shown tomorrow in class
    • Binge Drinking:
      • 1.) 0.1252
      • 2.) 0.0748
      • 3.) 0.0171
      • 4.) 0.5974
      • 5.) 0.4175
    • Private College
      • a.) 0.795
      • b.) 0.75
      • c.) 0.90
      • d.) 0.6604
      • e.) 0.1463
      • f.) No....incoming freshmen who attended a private high school are more likely to graduate (90% chance) than incoming freshmen who attended a public high school (75% chance).
  • Questions (in case you lost yours or were out)....
Tomorrow's (Thursday) HW: This is all based on the same type of stuff as tonight's homework (which we'll also practice tomorrow in class), so feel free to get a head start! These problems are all selected from the textbook....


Today's Class Recap:

  • Stamp = practice identifying conditional probability
  • HW Questions (book and worksheet)
  • New Stuff: Using Tree Diagrams (and conditional probability)
    • Completed the "middle right slide" example (about going to Canada and Mexico) using conditional probability
    • Our homework tonight is also based on these ideas
  • Here are the notes/example from class today:

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