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A jury of 6 persons was selected from a group of 20
Chapter 3, Problem 113E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 113E
A jury of 6 persons was selected from a group of 20 potential jurors, of whom 8 were African American and 12 were white. The jury was supposedly randomly selected, but it contained only 1 African American member. Do you have any reason to doubt the randomness of the selection?
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QUESTION:
Problem 113E
A jury of 6 persons was selected from a group of 20 potential jurors, of whom 8 were African American and 12 were white. The jury was supposedly randomly selected, but it contained only 1 African American member. Do you have any reason to doubt the randomness of the selection?
ANSWER:
Solution:
Step 1 of 2:
It is given that in a group of 20 potential jurors 8 were African American and 12 were white.
A jury of 6 persons is to be selected from the group of 20 jurors.
A jury selected at randomly had only 1 African American.
We have to check whether this selection is random or not.