The scenario given by the problem is as follows:
Suppose a class has seventy-five students, with twenty-five men and fifty women. All the students have been randomly assigned into twenty-five study groups of three students each.
Q1: Consider the number of groups that have three women, 𝑊. Find its expected value and variance.
My ans:
n is equal to 25. Since the probability that a randomly selected group has 3 women is (50C3) / (75C3), hence the summation of the probabilities for i = 1,...,25 is just 25 * (50C3) / (75C3). Thus, the expected value is 7.26
Regarding the variance, we recognize this is just a binomial distribution, so the variance is np(1-p) = 25 * 0.290 * (1 - 0.290) = 5.15
Q2: Each woman in the groups with three women wins a prize independently with probability 0.4.
Find the expected value and variance of the total number of prizes won.
The random variable W and X, denoted to be the random variable for the number of prizes won, are both binomial. W has distribution Bin(25, 0.290) and X has distribution Bin(48,0.4). We have to calculate the conditional expectation and variance. However, I am unsure how to do so.
Would really appreciate it if someone can provide an answer to the question. Thank you for your help in advance.
