Stabbings of Inmates by Other Inmates at a State Prison

question 17

Short Answer

Stabbings of inmates by other inmates at a state prison unit have averaged 2.6 per month over the past year.Let x be the number of inmate stabbings per month.Assume a Poisson distribution.Find the mean and standard deviation of x.
Mean = ____________________
SD = ____________________

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