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

1 answer

a. Subjective probability

b. Subjective probability

c. Classical probability