155  ANSWERS for Evens in McClave  2004 Aug 12

You are expected to answer all parts of these problems for homework.  But don't turn in all that.  Print the Minitab output that is enough to answer all the questions, staple this together, and write your answers on that paper.  The remarks below refer to what you should bring for the quiz, and do not cancel part of the homework.  Names of data sets are in boldface, and names in BOLDFACE CAPITALS indicate McClave files found in k:\henson\math\math155\McClave\Minitab.

LESSON Author  Sec Prob            ANSWER

   4   McClave 3.6 3.61  Most pairs of events are dependent.
                         Mutual exclusiveness is one kind of DEpendence, in which the simultaneous occurrence of the two events is impossible, so that the probability of their intersection is zero.
                         INdependence is a special case of largely theoretical interest in which all row fractions in the same column are equal.
   4   McClave 3.6 3.62a     .08,  .4,  .52
   4   McClave 3.6 3.62b     .12,  .30