Essentials of Statistics, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321926739
Author: Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 1FDD
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To test: The claim that the actual number of crashes agrees with the expected number of crashes.
To brief: The results obtained from the analysis.
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Essentials of Statistics, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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