Subway Waiting Time at a Subway Station the Waiting Time

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Essay

Subway Waiting Time At a subway station the waiting time for a subway is found to be uniformly distributed between 1 and 5 minutes. {Subway Waiting Time Narrative} What is the probability density function for this uniform distribution?

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average value of all the elements in a population, representing the expected value of a given population parameter.

Critical Value

A threshold value that defines the cutoff points in a statistical test which discriminates between the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values.

Confidence Interval

A range of data figures, acquired from sample analysis, predicted to include the value of an unacknowledged population characteristic.