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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.
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
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
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
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
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
Shear-strength measurements for spot welds of a certain type have been found to have an approximate normal distribution with standard deviation 10 psi.
A(n) __________ statistic reflects the overall lack of fit between the expected and observed frequencies.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.)
For the data in the following sample: 1, 4, 3, 6, 2, 7, 18, 3, 7, 2, 4, 3. Sketch a frequency distribution histogram.
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.
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