What Type of Probability Distribution Will the Consulting Firm Most

question 35

Multiple Choice

What type of probability distribution will the consulting firm most likely employ to analyze the insurance claims in the following problem? An insurance company has called a consulting firm to determine if the company has an unusually high number of false insurance claims. It is known that the industry proportion for false claims is 3%. The consulting firm has decided to randomly and independently sample 100 of the company's insurance claims. They believe the number of these 100 that are false will yield the information the company desires.

• A) binomial distribution
• B) Poisson distribution
• C) hypergeometric distribution
• D) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Encoding-Specificity Principle

A principle stating that the effectiveness of memory retrieval is directly related to the similarity of the cues present at encoding and at retrieval.

Associative Concepts

Mental connections between ideas or concepts, where the understanding or recollection of one leads to the recollection of another.

Hypnotic Trance

A state of deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility achieved through hypnosis, allowing for exploration of the subconscious mind.

Interference

The process by which the storage or retrieval of information is impaired by the presence of other similar information.