• Q : Current population of all adults....
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    According to a survey, 30 % of adults are against using animals for research. Assume that this result holds true for the current population of all adults.

  • Q : Opinion poll conducted by the associated press....
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    Do you think that the United States should pursue a program to send humans to Mars? An opinion poll conducted by the Associated Press indicated that 49% of the 1034 adults surveyed think that we sho

  • Q : Poisson distribution for the claims....
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    An insurance company has 5000 policyholders who have had policies for at least 10 years. Over this period there have been a total of 12200 claims on these policies. Assuming a Poisson Distribution f

  • Q : Probability that the customer recieves....
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    To meet the customer's deadline, four of the eight machines are randomly selected and, without further checking, shipped to the customer. what is the probability that the customer recieves

  • Q : Purpose of the quality control sampling....
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    The purpose of the quality control sampling of the Widget production lines is to determine whether the lines are malfunctioning or not. Namely, if the mean length of the sample is too different from

  • Q : Five girls for the competition....
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    A team of five boys and five girls will be selected to compete in a dancing competition. If each of the five boys is to be randomly paired with one of the five girls for the competition, what is the

  • Q : Control sampling of the widget production lines....
    Basic Statistics :

    The purpose of the quality control sampling of the Widget production lines is to determine whether the lines are malfunctioning or not. Namely, if the mean length of the sample is too different from

  • Q : Measurements for spot welds of a certain type....
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    Shear-strength measurements for spot welds of a certain type have been found to have an approximate normal distribution with standard deviation 10 psi.

  • Q : Expected and observed frequencies....
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    A(n) __________ statistic reflects the overall lack of fit between the expected and observed frequencies.

  • Q : Probability of a student getting....
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    The probability of a student getting a A grade in an economics class is .24 and that of getting a B grade is .28. what is the probability that a randomly selected student from this class will get an

  • Q : Compute the test statistic and the p-value....
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    State the hypotheses that should be used if we would like to determine whether the mean annual Medicare spending in Indianapolis is lower than the national mean.

  • Q : Test statistic and corresponding degrees of freedom....
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    Each of the following provides a statistical hypothesis, the observed test statistic and corresponding degrees of freedom, and the true population parameter(s), which was unknown to the experimenter

  • Q : Probability of attain the sample mean....
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    What is the probability the sample mean will be greater than $7500 (to 4 decimals)? If the consulting firm tells you the sample mean for the Medicare enrollees it interviewed was $7500, would you qu

  • Q : Historical mean of scholarship examination scores....
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    At Western University the historical mean of scholarship examination scores for freshman applications is 900. A historical population standard deviation s = 175 is assumed known. Each year, the assi

  • Q : Estimate the proportion of smokers in the population....
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    How large a sample should be taken to estimate the proportion of smokers in the population with a margin of error of .02 (to the nearest whole number)? Use 95% confidence.

  • Q : Series of concerts in large venues....
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    A popular band on tour played a series of concerts in large venues. They always drew a large crow, averaging 21,359 fans. While the band did not announce the standard deviation, which of these value

  • Q : Risk of a diabetic getting a heart attack....
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    It is known that diabetes induces heart attacks and the risk of a diabetic getting a heart attack is .2, while the risk of a heart attack in the general population is .12. It is also known that abou

  • Q : Estimate of the population proportion....
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    The estimate of the population proportion is to be within plus or minus .05, with a 95 percent level of confidence. The best estimate of the population proportion is .15. How large a sample is requi

  • Q : Average waiting time per customer....
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    The average waiting time per customer at a fast food restaurant has been 7.5 minutes. The customer waiting time has a normal distribution. The manager claims that the use of a new cashier system wil

  • Q : Fasting blood glucose level....
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    Among diabetics, the fasting blood glucose level (X) may be assumed to be approximately normally distributed with a mean of 106 mg/100ml and standard deviation of 8mg/100ml. Show work

  • Q : Question regarding the successive gamble....
    Basic Statistics :

    A gambler starts with an initial fortune of $i>0 and then on each successive gamble either wins $1 or loses $1, independently of the past, with respective probability p and q=1-p.

  • Q : Calculate ss-variance and standard deviation....
    Basic Statistics :

    Calculate SS, variance, and standard deviation for the following population of N 8 scores: 0, 1, 0, 3, 6, 0, 2, 0. ( Note: The computational formula for SS works well with these scores.)

  • Q : Frequency distribution histogram....
    Basic Statistics :

    For the data in the following sample: 1, 4, 3, 6, 2, 7, 18, 3, 7, 2, 4, 3. Sketch a frequency distribution histogram.

  • Q : Select a single score....
    Basic Statistics :

    A population has μ=100 and σ=20. If you select a single score from this population, on the average, how close would it be to the population mean? Explain your answer.

  • Q : Closest line between two planks....
    Basic Statistics :

    A floor consists of parallel planks which have a two foot width. A circular disc of diameter one foot is randomly and uniformly dropped onto the planks. Determine the probability that the disc does

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