<p>1. According to the \"January theory,\" if the stock market is up for the mon
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<p>1. According to the "January theory," if the stock market is up for the month of January, it will be up for the year. If it is down in January, it will be down for the year. According to an article in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, this theory held for 27 out of the last 34 years. Suppose there is no truth to this theory; that is, the probability it is either up or down is 0.5.</p></td> what is the probability this could occur by chance? <p>1. According to the "January theory," if the stock market is up for the month of January, it will be up for the year. If it is down in January, it will be down for the year. According to an article in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, this theory held for 27 out of the last 34 years. Suppose there is no truth to this theory; that is, the probability it is either up or down is 0.5.</p>
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According to the "January theory," if the stock market is up for the month of January, it will be up for the year. If it is down in January, it will be down for the year. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, this theory held for 22 out of the last 34 years. Suppose there is no truth to this theory; that is, the probability it is either up or down is 0.5. What is the probability this could occur by chance? (Round your answer to 6 decimal places.) ---------------------- The probability is (1/2) for each year. The problem is Binomial with n = 34 and p = 1/2) ---- P(x = 22) = binomcdf(34,0.5,22) = 0.031918406
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