Question

The coho salmon, also known as silver salmon, are fished along alaska's west coast. anglers like to fish for silver salmon because it takes a lot of skill to catch them. if you were to plan a fishing trip to alaska, how much might the salmon you catch weigh?

a. let's define weight of a silver salmon to be a random variable and use our dataset to explore its behavior.
b. the dataset consists of weights of silver salmon caught during a fishing derby in alaska, measured in pounds (lbs).
c. we will treat a subset of this dataset as a representative sample of realized values for our random variable.
d. the first five rows of the data look like this.

Answer 1

The weights of silver salmon can be understood using a dataset as a representative sample, and good weather conditions like those in summer 2015 off the California coast can increase the quantity and potentially decrease the price of salmon.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the provided dataset on the weights of silver salmon caught during a fishing derby in Alaska, we can estimate how much a salmon might weigh on a prospective fishing trip. The weights are a random variable, representing the variability that one might expect when catching silver salmon.

To analyze it, we would consider the dataset as a representative sample and calculate statistical measures like mean, median, and range to understand the distribution of salmon weights.

During the summer of 2015, exceptional weather conditions off the California coast, such as heavy rains, cooler ocean temperatures, and calm seas, led to an increase in the quantity of salmon. These conditions improved breeding and feeding opportunities for salmon, leading to a greater supply. With a higher supply, assuming demand remained constant or increased less sharply, the price of salmon would typically be expected to drop.