Harper's Index reported that the number of Orange County, California convicted drunk drivers whose sentence included a
Question:
Harper's Index reported that the number of Orange County, California convicted drunk drivers whose sentence included a tour of the morgue was 569, of which only 1 became a repeat offender.
(a) Suppose that of 1000 newly convicted drunk drivers, all were required to take a tour of the morgue. Let us assume that the probability of a repeat offender is still p = 1/569. Explain why the Poisson approximation to the binomial would be a good choice for r = number of repeat offenders out of 1000 convicted drunk drivers who toured the morgue. What is l to the nearest tenth?
(b) What is the probability that r = 0?
(c) What is the probability that r > 1?
(d) What is the probability that r > 2?
(e) What is the probability that r > 3?
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Understandable Statistics Concepts And Methods
ISBN: 9781337119917
12th Edition
Authors: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase