HELP! I need help on my stats-PLEASE!

[Leah]

You can also treat it like a summation of probabilities; maybe not helpful in solving the problem, but why the answer is what it is:

Probability of getting:
3 out of 8 is .219 (56 of 256 permutations, not 3 out of 8)
2 out of 8 is .109 (28 of 256)
1 out of 8 is .031 (8 of 256)
0 out of 8 is .004 (1 of 256)

Added together is .363

The permutations are important because when you flip the coin 8 times, there are 8 ways, or opportunities, to only get one heads - 28 ways to get two, and so on.

That makes sense, too. Thanks for the alternative!

[Unicorn Jeff]

My head just fucking exploded... Fuck that shit!

[Darren M]

No, the answer is 42.

That's damn funny right there!!

[Leah]

My head just fucking exploded... Fuck that shit!

Tell me about it. I've got 3 more weeks of this shit. :bBishope:

[Sean88gt]

This is part of your master's program?!

[centexchick]

educational statistics. I really don't understand how it is any different from regular statistics....be it for business or anything else. The concepts are all the same, you just have to apply them to whatever your field is....

I HATED statistics. It fried my brain....

Hang in there Lea! You will be done soon enough!! NOT much longer!!!!

[Leah]

This is part of your master's program?!

Yeah-why? Keep in mind, my master's program is in Special Education with Educational Diagnostician certification so it's not very math oriented. Hell, I only had to get up to College Algebra in my undergrad.

educational statistics. I really don't understand how it is any different from regular statistics....be it for business or anything else. The concepts are all the same, you just have to apply them to whatever your field is....

I HATED statistics. It fried my brain....

Hang in there Lea! You will be done soon enough!! NOT much longer!!!!

It's all foreign to me and I can't wait for it to be done. Thanks, girl.

[CJ-95GT]

This is part of your master's program?!

The ISD wants her to prove the number of morons in her class as opposed to just taking her word for it.

[Leah]

The ISD wants her to prove the number of morons in her class as opposed to just taking her word for it.

That's just mean.

[Sean88gt]

I remember covering those problems in basic statistics.

[Leah]

I remember covering those problems in basic statistics.

Then why the FUCK weren't you helping??

[Silverback]

do your own homework!

[Sean88gt]

Then why the FUCK weren't you helping??

Creative differences. And the answer had already been given.

[Leah]

do your own homework!

Oh, the irony. If I could have afforded it, I wouldn't be.

Creative differences. And the answer had already been given.

Mmmhmmm.