The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 14 - Binomial Distributions - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 335: 14.8c

Answer

As the probability of success gets closes to zero, the standard deviation decreases continuously and as p = 0, the sign also becomes 0.

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As the probability of success gets closes to zero, the standard deviation decreases continuously and as p = 0, the sign also becomes 0
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