A Coin Is Tossed 20 Times

question 192

Multiple Choice

A coin is tossed 20 times. A person who claims to have extrasensory perception is asked to predict the outcome of each flip in advance. She predicts correctly on 14 tosses. What is the probability of being correct 14 or more
Times by guessing? Does this probability seem to verify her claim? Use the normal distribution to approximate
The desired probability.

• A) 0.0582, no
• B) 0.4418, no
• C) 0.4418, yes
• D) 0.0582, yes

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Definitions:

Racialization

The process by which societies construct races as different and unequal in ways that matter to economic, political, and social life.

Racial Projects

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Racial Politics

The interplay between race, racial identity, and political structures and decisions, often influencing policies, attitudes, and power dynamics.

Critical Race Theory

A model used within the social sciences to explore how society and culture intersect with the classifications of race, law, and power.