Ian shuffles a standard deck of 52 playing cards and turns over the first four cards, one at a time. He records the number of aces he observes. Have the conditions for a binomial setting been met for this scenario?

Yes, a success is “ace.”
Yes, all four conditions in BINS have been met.
No, we do not know how many aces will occur in those first four cards.
No, the cards are not being replaced, so the independence condition is not met.

The vice president of programming at nbc is finalizing the prime-time schedule for the fall. she has decided to include a hospital drama but is unsure which of two possibilities to select. she has a pilot called the surgeon and another called critical care. to her make a final decision, a sample of 20 viewers from throughout the united states was asked to watch the two pilots and indicate which show they prefer. the results were that 12 liked the surgeon, 7 liked critical care, and one had no preference. state the decision rule, using the 0.10 significance level. h0: π = 0.50 h1: π ≠ 0.50 1. reject h0 if number of + signs is either < = or > = 2. what is your decision regarding h0? is there a preference for one of the two shows?