4.4. Let y number of languages in which a per- son is fluent. According to Statistics Canada,...
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4.4. Let y number of languages in which a per- son is fluent. According to Statistics Canada, for residents of Canada this has probability dis- tribution P(0)=0.02, P(1) = 0.81, P(2) = 0.17, with negligible probability for higher values of y.
(a) Is y a discrete or a continuous variable? Why?
(b) Construct a table showing the probability distribution of y.
(c) Find the probability a Canadian is not multi- lingual.
(d) Find the mean of this probability distribu- tion.
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Statistical Methods For The Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780130272959
4th Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay
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