4.79 The accompanying table shows, for credit-card holders with one to three cards, the joint probabilities for

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4.79 The accompanying table shows, for credit-card holders with one to three cards, the joint probabilities for number of cards owned (X) and number of credit purchases made in a week (Y).

Number of Cards (X)

Number of Purchases in Week (Y)

0 1 2 3 4 1 0.08 0.13 0.09 0.06 0.03 2 0.03 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.07 3 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.08 0.08

a. For a randomly chosen person from this group, what is the probability distribution for number of purchases made in a week?

b. For a person in this group who has three cards, what is the probability distribution for number of purchases made in a week?

c. Are number of cards owned and number of purchases made statistically independent?

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Statistics For Business And Economics

ISBN: 9780273767060

8th Global Edition

Authors: Paul Newbold, Mr William Carlson, Ms Betty Thorne

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