For the random variables below, indicate whether you would expect the distribution to be best described as geometric, binomial, Poisson, exponential, uniform, or normal and explain in one sentence why so?
- The number of heads in 13 tosses of a coin.
- The number of at-bats (attempts) required for a baseball player to get his first hit.
- The height of a randomly chosen adult female.
- The time of day (on Earth) that a solar flare occurs.
- The number of automobile accidents in a town in one week.
- The amount of time before the first score in a lacrosse game.
- The number of times a die needs to be rolled before a 3 appears.
- The number of particles emitted by a radioactive substance in five seconds.