Consider a Study Testing Whether Birds Were Equally Likely to Rest

question 25

Multiple Choice

Consider a study testing whether birds were equally likely to rest on each streetlight. Researchers surveyed 30 randomly chosen streetlights in a city known to have many birds and counted the number of birds resting on each streetlight. Data on the number of birds seen on the lights are shown. (Note: No lights had more than three birds.) What is the variance for the number of birds observed on each light?
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$\begin{array}{|cc|}\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Number } \\\underline {\text { birds }}\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Number } \\\underline {\text { of lights }}\end{array} \\0 & 3 \\1 & 12 \\2 & 9 \\\geq 3 & 6 \\\hline\end{array}$

• A) 0.87
• B) 1.27
• C) 1.67
• D) 2.07

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