A police officer randomly selected 558 police records of larceny thefts. The acc

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A police officer randomly selected 558 police records of larceny thefts. The accompanying data represent the number of offenses for various types of larceny thefts. (a) Construct a probability model for type of larceny theft. (b) Are pocket-picking larcenies unusual? (c) Are larcenies from buildings unusual? Click the icon to view the table Data Table Bicycles From buildings From coin-operated machines Round to three decimal places as needed.) (b) Choose the correct answer below. Number of Offenses Type of Larceny Theft Pocket pickin Purse snatching OA. Yes, because P(pocket-picking)

Explanation / Answer

dividing each cell with total frequency:

b)

option A: Yes because P(pocket picking)<0.05

c)No beacuse P(from buildings)>0.05

type probability pcket picking 0.013 purse snatching 0.014 shioplifting 0.215 from motor vehicles 0.366 motor vehicle accessories 0.111 bicycles 0.081 from buildings 0.185 from coin operated machines 0.016

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