Jane Peterson has taken Amtrak to travel from New York to Washington, DC, on fou
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Jane Peterson has taken Amtrak to travel from New York to Washington, DC, on four occasions, of which two times the train was late. Therefore, Jane tells her friends that the probability that this train will arrive on time is 0.50 a. Would you label this probability as empirical or classical? Empirical probability Classical probability b. Why would this probability not be accurate? The experiment must be repeated a large number of times for empirical probabilities to be accurate. She needs to collect data at different times of the day or different days.Explanation / Answer
Ans:
a)Correct option is Empirical probability.
The empirical probability, relative frequency, or experimental probability of an event is the ratio of the number of outcomes in which a specified event occurs to the total number of trials, not in a theoretical sample space but in an actual experiment.
b)
The experiment must be repeated a large number of times for empirical probabilities to be accurate.
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