Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (10th Edition)
Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134763682
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry T Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3.6, Problem 3.67ACB

Study of why EMS workers leave the job. Refer to the Journal of Allied Health (Fall 2011) study of why emergency medical service (EMS) workers leave the profession, Exercise 3.45 (p. 158). Recall that in a sample of 244 former EMS workers, 127 were fully compensated while on the job, 45 were partially compensated, and 72 had noncompensated volunteer positions. Also, the numbers of EMS workers who left because of retirement were 7 for fully compensated workers, 11 for partially compensated workers, and 10 for noncompensated volunteers.

  1. a. Given that the former EMS worker was fully compensated while on the job, estimate the probability that the worker left the EMS profession due to retirement.
  2. b. Given that the former EMS worker had a noncompensated volunteer position, estimate the - probability that the worker left the EMS profession due to retirement.
  3. c. Are the events {a former EMS worker was fully compensated on the job} and {a former EMS worker left the job due to retirement} independent? Explain.
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Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (10th Edition)

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