The Number of Bags Arriving on the Baggage Claim Conveyor

question 72

Multiple Choice

The number of bags arriving on the baggage claim conveyor belt in a 3-minute time period would best be modelled with the ___.

• A) binomial distribution
• B) hypergeometric distribution
• C) Poisson distribution
• D) hyperbinomial distribution
• E) geometric distribution

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Definitions:

Bias

A systematic error or distortion in results or data, leading to incorrect conclusions, often caused by a preconception or prejudice.

Resample

The act of drawing a new sample from an original dataset, often with replacement, for the purpose of statistical analysis or bootstrap methods.

Bootstrapping

Bootstrapping is a resampling technique used in statistics to estimate the distribution of a statistic by repeatedly sampling with replacement from the data set and calculating the statistic for each sample.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points used in a statistical sample.