1.2 Each of 100 multiple-choice questions on an exam has four possible answers, one of which is...

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1.2 Each of 100 multiple-choice questions on an exam has four possible answers, one of which is correct. For each question, a student guesses by selecting an answer randomly.

a. Specify the distribution of the number of correct answers.

b. Find the mean and standard deviation of that distribution. Would it be surprising if the student made at least 50 correct responses? Why?

c. Specify the distribution of (n1, n2, n3, n4), where nj is the number of times the student picked choice j.

d. Find E(nj) and var(nj). Show that cov(nj, n₁) = -6.25 and corr(nj, nk) =

-0.333.

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