OCR S1 2012 January — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2012
SessionJanuary
TopicGeometric Distribution
TypeIdentify distribution from diagram/table

6 The diagrams illustrate all or part of the probability distributions of the discrete random variables \(V , W , X , Y\) and \(Z\).
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  1. One of these variables has the distribution \(\operatorname { Geo } \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right)\). State, with a reason, which variable this is.
  2. One of these variables has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } \left( 4 , \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right)\). State, with reasons, which variable this is.
    \(760 \%\) of the voters at a certain polling station are women. Voters enter the polling station one at a time. The number of voters who enter, up to and including the first woman, is denoted by \(X\).