Question

5.9 Approximately 11.9% (3.2 million) Canadian adults used health services for mood and anxiety disorders in 2009/10 [4]. Brock university has 594 faculty members. Assume that the proportion of adults using health services for mood and anxiety has not changed since 2009/10. You are asked to estimate the use of mental health services among Brock University faculty members as follows:

a) What is the most reasonable estimate in percentage of Brock University faculty members who have used health services for mood and anxiety disorders in the past year?

b) What would be considered a "normal range" for Brock university faculty members who have used health services for mood and anxiety disorders in the past year?

c) How likely is it that one third or more of Brock University faculty members have used health services for mood and anxiety disorders in the past year?

d) How likely is it that one third or less of Brock University faculty members have used health services for mood and anxiety disorders in the past year?

e) If in the past year, there were only 20 Brock University faculty members who used health services for mood and anxiety disorders, what would be the probability for such an event?

f) What would be the probability that 20 or fewer Brock University faculty members have used health services for mood and anxiety disorders in the past year?

Answer 1