An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781305269477
Author: R. Lyman Ott, Micheal T. Longnecker
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4.18, Problem 51E
A firm is considering using the Internet to supplement its traditional sales methods. Using data from an industry association, the firm estimates that 1 of every 1,000 Internet hits results in a sale. Suppose the firm has 2,500 hits per day.
- a. What is the
probability that the firm will have more than five sales in a randomly selected day? - b. What conditions must be satisfied in order for you to make the calculation in part (a)?
- c. Use the Poisson approximation to compute the probability that the firm will have more than five sales in a randomly selected day.
- d. Is the Poisson approximation accurate?
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