The Poisson distribution might be used to describe, estimate, or model which of

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The Poisson distribution might be used to describe, estimate, or model which of the following?

(I) A customer service call center might use the Poisson distribution to describe the behavior of incoming calls over different time periods.
(II) A website might use the Poisson distribution to estimate the likelihood of some number of individuals logging onto the site between the hours of noon and 1:00pm EST.
(III) A mining company might use it to model the number of methane gas releases over a specified depth.
(IV) The Poisson distribution might be used to model the number of occurrences of rare events.

Multiple Choice

I, II, III, and IV

I, III, and IV

I, II, and IV

Explanation / Answer

Only option 1,2 and 4 is correct. Option 3 is incorrect.

Because in option 3 no of methane gas release looks like incorrect and it doesn't take integer valve. So that option 3 is incorrect.

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