An Undergraduate Study Committee of 6 members at a major university is to be formed from a
Pool of faculty of 18 men and 6 women.Which of the following distributions would you use to
Determine the probability that half of the members will be women?
A) Hypergeometric distribution.
B) Poisson distribution.
C) Uniform distribution.
D) Binomial distribution.

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The hypergeometric distribution is used when you are dealing with a finite population without replacement, such as selecting committee members from a fixed pool of men and women.

An Undergraduate Study Committee of 6 Members at a Major