Question

Step 1

Find an example of probability in the media.

Find an example of probability in some print medium – newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.

Step 2

Write about your example and post.

Prepare your discussion posting by answering the following:

• How was probability used in this example?
• Was it used correctly?
• Is there a clearer way the data could have been expressed?
• Create a graph or chart to express the data.

Cite all sources you used to find your example.

Answer 1

Answer:

we spent some time learning about statistics and how they are calculated and used in the media. If you were a statistician and wanted to relate to people some information about a topic of interest. here mention the example of the media where we use the probability

GM’s OnStar service is a wireless communication system between a central call centre and an OnStar enabled car, allowing drivers to call for help or ask for other services. The volume of monthly OnStar activity reported by Richard Russell at

Reference: http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/guides_and_advice/article.aspx?cp-documentid=635432

• 1,000 airbag deployment calls
• 300 crash notifications
• 11,000 emergency service calls
• 5,400 'Good Samaritan' calls; Orange Alerts; someone in trouble etc.
• 325 stolen vehicle location assists
• 41,000 remote unlock calls
• 24,000 requests for roadside assistance
• 329,000 requests for route assistance

The total number of calls: 412,025 , now we calculate GM’s OnStar calls create a list of probabilities for each type of call.

Data can be represented as follows and corresponding probability as follows

Type of Calls	No of Calls	Probability
Airbag deployment calls	1000	0.002
Crash notifications	300	0.001
Emergency service calls	11000	0.027
'Good Samaritan' calls; Orange Alerts; someone in trouble etc	5400	0.013
Stolen vehicle location assists	325	0.001
Remote unlock calls	41000	0.100
Requests for roadside assistance	24000	0.058
Requests for route assistance	329000	0.798
Total Call	412025

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