Problem
The mayor and city council members of Seatville have hired you as a consultant to determine the transportation modes within their city. The mayor wants to know where to spend budget dollars to improve infrastructure and transportation modes. Being a diligent consultant, you interviewed 1,255 people during a 16-week period. You determined the following methods of transportation were used:
850 residents drove a personal car,
200 used public transportation (bus),
5 rode a bicycle,
50 walked, and
150 rode a motorcycle.
Prepare a report that outlines the requirements of your consulting task. In your report, you should include the following:
• Provide an introduction that outlines the problem and gives on overview of the situation as well as a conclusion that sums up your report.
• Develop and explain the probability and relative frequency of the data you found for each mode of transportation.
• Compute the relative frequencies to two decimal places.
Use this data to make a final recommendation of where the mayor and city council should spend their infrastructure/transportation.
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.