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23. 0/1.81 points Previous Answers IllowskyintroStat1 4.PR.042 GMy Notes Ask Your Teacher The Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA collected data from 203,967 incoming first-time, full-ime freshmen from 270 four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. 71.7 % of those students replied that, yes, they beleve that same-sex couples should have the right to legal marital status. Suppose that you andomly pick six first-time, full-time freshmen from the survey. You are interested in the number that beleves that same-sex couples should have the right te legal marital status. What is the standard deviation (0)? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) Submit Answer View Previous Question Question 23 of 55 View Next Question

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Solution :

Given that,

p = 71.7% = 0.717

q = 1 - p = 1 - 0.717 = 0.283

n = 6

Using binomial distribution,

$\sigma$ = $\sqrt$ n * p * q = $\sqrt$ 6 * 0.717 * 0.283 = 1.1034