a. Subjective probability
b. Subjective probability
c. Classical probability
Determine whether the following probabilities are best categorized as subjective, empirical, or classical probabilities.
a. Before flipping a fair coin, Sunil assesses that he has a 50% chance of obtaining tails.
multiple choice 1
Subjective probability
Empirical probability
Classical probability
b. At the beginning of the semester, John believes he has a 90% chance of receiving straight A’s.
multiple choice 2
Subjective probability
Empirical probability
Classical probability
c. A political reporter announces that there is a 39% chance that the next person to come out of the conference room will be a Republican, since there are 62 Republicans and 99 Democrats in the room.
multiple choice 3
Subjective probability
Empirical probability
Classical probability
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