I don't know which equation to use to solve this problem and also what the variables mean for the equation in this binomial distribution problem. An article was published recently suggesting that persons who exercise regularly can reduce their risk of major clinical events (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease) by up to 50% in some instances. It is believed that only 30% of adult Americans exercise on a regular basis. If eight adult Americans are analyzed, what is the probability that more than half of them exercise regularly?
Continuous Probability Distributions
Probability distributions are of two types, which are continuous probability distributions and discrete probability distributions. A continuous probability distribution contains an infinite number of values. For example, if time is infinite: you could count from 0 to a trillion seconds, billion seconds, so on indefinitely. A discrete probability distribution consists of only a countable set of possible values.
Normal Distribution
Suppose we had to design a bathroom weighing scale, how would we decide what should be the range of the weighing machine? Would we take the highest recorded human weight in history and use that as the upper limit for our weighing scale? This may not be a great idea as the sensitivity of the scale would get reduced if the range is too large. At the same time, if we keep the upper limit too low, it may not be usable for a large percentage of the population!
I don't know which equation to use to solve this problem and also what the variables mean for the equation in this binomial distribution problem.
An article was published recently suggesting that persons who exercise regularly can reduce their risk of major clinical
If eight adult Americans are analyzed, what is the probability that more than half of them exercise regularly?
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