One Problem with Official Statistics on Part-Time Work Is That

question 76

Multiple Choice

One problem with official statistics on part-time work is that a third of women officially classified as voluntary part-time workers:

• A)would work fewer hours if they could afford to stay at home
• B)would work more hours if good child-care or elder-care were available
• C)are happy with the number of hours that they are working
• D)want more vocational training
• E)none of these choices

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Definitions:

Poisson Distributed

A description of a distribution pattern that applies to events with a fixed interval of time or space, denoting the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval.

Probability

A numerical assessment, between 0 and 1, representing the chance of an event taking place.

Poisson Random Variable

A type of random variable that expresses the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Average Number

The arithmetic mean, calculated as the sum of all values in a set divided by the number of values in the set.