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document.write( "At an outpatient mental health clinic, appointment cancellations occur at a mean rate of 1.5 per day on a typical Wednesday is Poisson.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) What is the probability that no cancellations will occur on a particular Wednesday?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) What is the probability that one cancellation will occur on a particular Wednesday?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C)What is that probability that more than two cancellations will occur on a particular Wednesday?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(I am having trouble with Poisson Distribution)  Thank you very much. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "At an outpatient mental health clinic, appointment cancellations occur at a mean rate of 1.5 per day on a typical Wednesday is Poisson.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have a TI-84 calculator you just plug in the mean rate and the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of occurences you expect to get the probability. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) What is the probability that no cancellations will occur on a particular Wednesday?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "poissonpdf(1.5,0)= 0.2231..\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) What is the probability that one cancellation will occur <BR>\n" );
document.write( "on a particular Wednesday?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "poissonpdf(1.5.1)= 0.3347 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C)What is that probability that more than two cancellations will occur on a particular Wednesday?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "poissonpdf(1.5,2)= 0.2510<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you need the formula I'll have to give it to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you later; have to run right now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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