Suppose a binomial trial has a probability of success of 0.3 and 450 trials are performed. What is the standard deviation of the possible outcomes?6.3614.8511.629.72



Answer :

The standard deviation of a binomial distribution with n trials and a probability of success of p is given by the formula:

[tex]\sigma=\sqrt[]{n\cdot p\cdot(1-p)}[/tex]

From the problem, we identify:

[tex]\begin{gathered} n=450 \\ p=0.3 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Then:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \sigma=\sqrt[]{450\cdot0.3\cdot(1-0.3)}=\sqrt[]{450\cdot0.3\cdot0.7} \\ \sigma\approx9.72 \end{gathered}[/tex]