The Probability of Selecting 2 Male Employees and 3 Female

question 38

Multiple Choice

The probability of selecting 2 male employees and 3 female employees for promotions in a small company would best be modelled with the ___.

• A)binomial distribution
• B)hypergeometric distribution
• C)Poisson distribution
• D)hyperbinomial distribution
• E)exponential distribution

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