If Your College Hires the Next Four Employees Without Regard

question 58

Multiple Choice

If your college hires the next four employees without regard to gender, and the pool of applicants is
Large with an equal number of men and women, then the probability distribution for the number x of
Women hired is described in the accompanying table.
Find the mean and standard deviation of the probability distribution.

• A) 2.00, 2.0000
• B) 1.75, 0.859
• C) 1.75, 0.895
• D) 1.57, 1.0
• E) 2.0, 1.0

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