Question: Let X1, . . ., Xn be a random sample from a Poisson distribution with parameter . (a) Construct a 90% confidence interval for .

Let X1, . . ., Xn be a random sample from a Poisson distribution with parameter λ.
(a) Construct a 90% confidence interval for λ.
(b) Suppose that the number of raisins in a bowl of a particular brand of cereal is observed to be 25. Assuming that the number of raisins in a bowl is Poisson distributed, estimate the expected number of raisins per bowl with a 90% confidence interval.
(c) How many bowls of cereal need to be sampled in order to estimate the expected number of raisins per bowl with a standard error of less than 0.2?

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