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The Binomial Distribution and Test, Clearly Explained!!!

StatQuest with Josh Starmer · YouTube · 15:46

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Use binary survey outcomes to explain the binomial probability formula and a two-sided binomial test.

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3:00One ordering is not the whole count4:30Count the arrangements13:30Interpret the test result

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Under equal preference and independent responses, a specified Orange–Orange–Grape sequence has probability (1/21/2)³=1/81/8. Exactly two Orange preferences also includes the other orderings.

There are three positions for the Grape response, so exactly two Orange responses among three has probability 3/83/8. The combination coefficient packages this counting into the binomial formula.

For four Orange responses out of seven under p=1/2p=1/2, the lesson’s two-sided probability-ordering test gives p-value one. This does not establish equal preference; it means the sample does not provide evidence against that null under this test.

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One ordering is not the whole count

Under equal preference and independent responses, a specified Orange–Orange–Grape sequence has probability (1/21/2)³=1/81/8. Exactly two Orange preferences also includes the other orderings.

02

Count the arrangements

There are three positions for the Grape response, so exactly two Orange responses among three has probability 3/83/8. The combination coefficient packages this counting into the binomial formula.

03

Interpret the test result

For four Orange responses out of seven under p=1/2p=1/2, the lesson’s two-sided probability-ordering test gives p-value one. This does not establish equal preference; it means the sample does not provide evidence against that null under this test.

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    Under equal preference and independent responses, a specified Orange–Orange–Grape sequence has probability (1/21/2)³=1/81/8. Exactly two Orange preferences also includes the other orderings. There are three positions for the Grape response, so exactly two Orange responses among three has probability 3/83/8. The combination coefficient packages this counting into the binomial formula. For four Orange responses out of seven under p=1/2p=1/2, the lesson’s two-sided probability-ordering test gives p-value one. This does not establish equal preference; it means the sample does not provide evidence against that null under this test.