Scholarship Narrative A College Has Seven Applicants for Three Scholarships: Four Females

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Essay

Scholarship Narrative
A college has seven applicants for three scholarships: four females and three males. Suppose the seven applicants are equally qualified and no preference is given by the selection committee for choosing either gender. Let x equal the number of female students chosen for the three scholarships.
-Refer to Scholarship Narrative. What is the variance of the distribution of x?

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Definitions:

Correlation

A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.

Single Test

An assessment or examination conducted one time to evaluate a specific skill, knowledge, function, or quality.

Reliability

The degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results.

Normal Distribution

A statistical distribution where data points are symmetrically distributed around a mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.