Question

The main difference between hypergeometric and binomial distributions is that, with the hypergeometric distribution, the _____.

Select one:

a. trials are independent of each other

b. probability of success must be less than .5

c. probability of success changes from trial to trial

d. random variable is continuous

Answer 1

The main difference between hypergeometric and binomial distributions is that, with the hypergeometric distribution, the probability of success changes from trial to trial

Explanation:

- Both the hypergeometric distribution and the binomial distribution describe the number of times an event occurs in a fixed number of trials.

- For the binomial distribution, the probability is the same for every trial.

- For the hypergeometric distribution, each trial changes the probability for each subsequent trial because there is no replacement.