Download AP Statistics Chapter 8 Exam Objectives After completing all the

AP Statistics Chapter 8 Exam Objectives
After completing all the assigned reading and homework, you should be able to do the following:
(Multiple Choice)
1. Compute the mean of a binomial or a geometric distribution.
2. Compute the standard deviation of a binomial or geometric distribution.
3. Compute a probability associated with a geometric distribution.
4. Compute the mean of a binomial or geometric distribution.
5. Know what the expected value of a random variable is for a geometric distribution. Know the shape of
a geometric distribution when the success rate is high or low. Know how to tell the difference between a
binomial setting and a geometric setting.
6. Given a situation, be able to judge whether it will be binomial or geometric. Be able to identify the
values for n and p.
*7. Be able to compute the sample size necessary for a situation that would give a sampling distribution
of the random variable X is that approximately normal.
8. Apply the formula for binomial probability to compute the probability of an individual event or a
group of events.
(Free Response)
9. Be able to give the four conditions for a binomial setting and the four conditions for the geometric
setting.
10. Multi-part -- Be able to set up a simulation for a given random variable. Compute associated
probabilities for situations with success and failure. Be able to give both the handwritten computation
and the calculator syntax for a binomial or geometric problem explicitly. Be able to draw a probability
distribution table. Be able to sketch a probability histogram.