In: Statistics and Probability
The mean number of daily surgeries at a local hospital is 6.2.
Assume that surgeries are random, independent events.
(a) The count of daily surgeries follows approximately:
A Poisson distribution with mean 6.2 and standard deviation 2.49.
A binomial distribution with mean 6.2 and standard deviation 3.8.
A binomial distribution with mean 6.2 and standard deviation 1.76.
A Poisson distribution with mean 6.2 and standard deviation 6.2.
A binomial distribution with mean 6.2 and standard deviation 3.1.
(b) The probability that there would be only 2 or fewer surgeries
in a given day is approximately (round to 4 decimal places):