Approximately 12,500 stocks of Drosophila melanogaster flies are kept at The Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center for research
Question:
Approximately 12,500 stocks of Drosophila melanogaster flies are kept at The Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center for research purposes. A 2006 study examined how many stocks were infected with Wolbachia, an intracellular microbe that can manipulate host reproduction for its own benefit. About \(30 \%\) of stocks were identified as infected. Researchers working with infected stocks should be cautious of the potential confounding effects that Wolbachia infection may have on experiments. Consider a random sample of 250 stocks.
(a) Calculate the probability that exactly 60 stocks are infected.
(b) Calculate the probability that at most 60 stocks are infected.
(c) Calculate the probability that at least 80 stocks are infected.
(d) If a researcher wants to make sure that no more than \(40 \%\) of the stocks used for an experiment are infected, does it seem reasonable to take a random sample of 250 ?
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Introductory Statistics For The Life And Biomedical Sciences
ISBN: 9781943450121
1st Edition
Authors: Julie Vu, David Harrington