Question

For unemployed persons in the United States, the average number of months of unemployment at the end of December 2009 was approximately seven months (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January New York. The values in the first column show he number o non s unemployed and he alue in he second co um·show the come ponding number s unemplve persons Excel File: data05-09.xls Months Unemployed Number Unemployed 1029 1686 2269 2675 3487 4652 4145 3587 2325 1120 10 Let x be a random variable indicating the number of months a person is unemployed. a. Use the data to develop an empirical discrete probability distribution for x (to 4 decimals) ftx) 110293

Answer 1

- 1029 2 6975 00 38) irobabsl.ty f) 0-0381 0 0625 0,084- O.0992 0293 0 725 o 15 37 0.133 0 0862 0. 0415 2675 3587 2325 120 26975 ID