The numbers of medical coding errors on bills from 200 randomly selected hospitals were recorded and the results are given in the table below.   Number of Errors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 > 8 Frequency 5 12 31 40 38 29 22 14 5 4   Test the claim at the 5% significance level that a suitable model for these data is a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4.

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The numbers of medical coding errors on bills from 200 randomly selected hospitals were recorded and the results are given in the table below.

 

Number of Errors

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

> 8

Frequency

5

12

31

40

38

29

22

14

5

4

 

Test the claim at the 5% significance level that a suitable model for these data is a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4.  

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