Poisson probabilities can also be found using MINITAB.

The commands necessary are

reported at the end of the chapter. The output appears below. A graph of the distribution
of the number of lost bags is shown in Chart 55.

Chart 55 Poisson Probability Distribution for = 0.3

The MINITAB commands to generate the Poisson distribution are:

a. Label column C1 as Successes and C2 as Probability. Enter the integers 0 through
5 in the first column.
b. Select Calc, then Probability Distributions, and Poisson.
c. In the dialog box click on Probability, set the mean equal to .3, and select C1 as
the Input column. Designate C2 as Optional storage, and then click OK.