Please answer all parts or as much as you can. In a study of spread of a disease

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In a study of spread of a disease among spruce trees planted in a reforestation project, a single line of trees is selected and the number of healthy trees between successive diseased trees is counted. N0. Of healthy trees 0 1 2 3 4 Total/Observed frequency 50 23 14 8 5 100 If the disease is non - contagious, the number Y of healthy trees between successive diseased trees should have a geometric distribution, with probability function p(y) = alpha y(1 - alpha) for y = 0,1,2,where 0

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a). 0.5,0.09

b).Yes, the data fits well with a very little deviation from the mean.

c)0.25, neutral model

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