Psychic Powers Bob is a self-proclaimed mentalist who claims that he can pass true false tests by

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Psychic Powers Bob is a self-proclaimed “mentalist” who claims that he can pass true false tests by guessing. In a test of Bob’s claim, he is given 14 true false questions, and Bob manages to correctly guess the answers to 8 of them. He claims that getting 8 correct answers among 14 is proof of his special powers, because he got more answers correct than the 7 correct answers that are expected with guessing. Is Bob’s claim valid? Why or why not? (Hint: When finding the required probability, refer to Table 4-1 and change “girl” to “correct.” The probabilities of girls will be the same as the probabilities of correct guesses.)

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780201775709

9th Edition

Authors: Mario F. Triola

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