Suppose that the number of major earthquakes occurring per month in a particular Mt. Kilimanjaro area is collected for 100 months and summarized in the table below: Number of earthquakes per month 0 1 2 3 4 Number of months 57 31 8 3 1 Test at a 5% level of significance whether the earthquakes occur randomly. Assume a Poisson distribution.

Suppose that the number of major earthquakes occurring per month in a particular Mt. Kilimanjaro area is collected for 100 months and summarized in the table below: Number of earthquakes per month 0 1 2 3 4 Number of months 57 31 8 3 1 Test at a 5% level of significance whether the earthquakes occur randomly. Assume a Poisson distribution.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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