At a Potato Processing Plant in the State of Washington

question 101

True/False

At a potato processing plant in the state of Washington, 400 potatoes have been examined for disease. Of these, four were diseased. Based on this, the plant manager has stated that the probability of finding a diseased potato is 0.01. He is applying subjective probability to arrive at this 0.01 value.

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