andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) (12/10/85)
In article <705@ccice2.UUCP> pwk@ccice2.UUCP (THE PALE AVENGER) writes: >>> Reporter's voice-over: "The actual statistic is one in six hundred." >In an average day? No, that would give the chances of being raped in a year >as 365/600 = 60% ! If however we assume that the chance of a women being >raped in a year is 1 in 600 and that the average women lives 75 years >we get 75 * (1/600) = .125 chance of being raped in a lifetime which is >1 in 8. Both of these calculations are wrong. Please remember your college stats courses before making such statements. For instance, if the chance per day is 1 in 600, the chance per year is (1 - ((599/600) ^ 365)). --Jamie. ...!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!andrews "It's only a model"