Consider an operational process in a factory where widgets are produced. As the process is not perfect, errors sometimes happen, and the errors are either technical or human. Over the last 100 days, errors were observed and recorded. On any given day, there occurred zero to three (0 to 3) human errors and zero to three (0 to 3) technical errors. The frequency distribution of errors is given in the following contingency table. Number of human errors No. of Tech Errors 0 1 2 3 Total 0 8 6 4 4 22 1 5 8 9 10 32 2 4 5 10 8 27 3 0 3 4 12 19 Total 17 22 27 34 100 What is the probability of 3 human errors on any given day? State your answer as a decimal value rounded to two digits after the decimal point.
Continuous Probability Distributions
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Normal Distribution
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Consider an operational process in a factory where widgets are produced. As the process is not perfect, errors sometimes happen, and the errors are either technical or human. Over the last 100 days, errors were observed and recorded. On any given day, there occurred zero to three (0 to 3) human errors and zero to three (0 to 3) technical errors. The frequency distribution of errors is given in the following
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Number of human errors |
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No. of Tech Errors |
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
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0 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
22 |
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|
1 |
5 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
32 |
|
|
2 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
27 |
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3 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
19 |
|
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Total |
17 |
22 |
27 |
34 |
100 |
What is the probability of 3 human errors on any given day? State your answer as a decimal value rounded to two digits after the decimal point.
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