A certain species of European mite is capable of damaging A certain species of European mite is…

A certain species of European mite is capable of damaging
A certain species of European mite is capable of damaging the bark on orange trees. The following are the results of inspections done on one hundred saplings chosen at random from a large orchard. The measurement recorded, X, is the number of mite infestations found on the trunk of each tree. Is it reasonable to assume that X is a Poisson random variable? If not, which of the Poisson model assumptions is likely not to be true?

No. of Infestations, k No. of Trees

0…………………………….. 55

1…………………………….. 20

2…………………………….. 21

3…………………………….. 1

4…………………………….. 1

5…………………………….. 1

6…………………………….. 0

7…………………………….. 1

A certain species of European mite is capable of damaging

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