What Type of Probability Distribution Will the Consulting Firm Most

question 133

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:

Variable Labor Input

Labor whose usage level can be changed in the short term to match the level of output production.

Lowest Cost Level

The point at which a business can produce its goods or services at the minimum possible cost.

Average Total

The sum of all the costs of production (fixed and variable) divided by the total quantity produced; often referred to as average total cost.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graphical representation showing how the marginal cost varies with the quantity of output produced, typically U-shaped due to economies and diseconomies of scale.