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The distance travelled on 1 gallon of fuel is normally distributed with a mean of 50 miles and a standard deviation of 8 miles. Find the probability of the following events: A. The car travels more
At the 0.05 significance level, can he conclude that the number of absences has declined? Hint: For the calculations, assume the "Before" data as the first sample.
Using the scenario above, identify the sample error and determine the impact of the error on potential decision making by PIRON Software Company leaders.
Why must the service rate be greater than the arrival rate in a single-channel queuing system?
Suppose that the life-length of a fully-charged cellphone battery is normally distributed with a mean of 180 minutes with a standard deviation of 20 minutes.
Urn 1 contains 5 red, 4 white, and 6 blue marbles. Urn 2 contains 12, red, 2 white, and 3 blue marbles. One urn is chosen at random and then one marble is drawn at random from that urn. Find the pro
Short-term aberrations do not affect the long run. To illustrate, suppose that you flip a coin 10 times and you get 10 heads. Find the cumulative proportion of heads, including these first 10 flips
Three children A couple plans on having three children. Suppose that the probability of any given child being female is 0.5, and also suppose that the genders of each child are independent events.
The owner of the Pizza Palace wishes to include in an advertisement a statement about the number of different kinds of pizza available at this restaurant. Pizzas can be made with a choice of thick o
The respiratory rate per minute in newborns varies according to a distribution that is approximately Normal with mean 47 and standard deviation 5. Use this information to answer the following questi
In pharmacologic research, a variety of clinical chemistry measurements are routinely monitored closely for evidence of side effects of the medication under study. Suppose for adults, typical blood-
A = event the student is between 21 and 35 inclusive B = event the student is 26 or over Determine the number of outcomes that comprise the event (A and B). 2234 6302 4291 2011
Consider a diagnostic test for a certain type of cancer, which has a false positive rate of 5% and a false negative rate of 4%. Assume that 5% of the population has this type of cancer.
What are some "real life" questions I can apply biostatistics principles to (confidence intervals, probability, descriptive data etc. principles of this nature.)? Maybe something regarding the milit
The deciles of any distribution are the points that mark off the lowest 10% and highest 10%. On a density curve, these are the points with areas 0.1 and 0.9 to their left under the curve. What are t
A toll bridge charges $1.00 for passenger cars and $2.50 for other vehicles. Suppose that during daytime hours, 55% of all vehicles are passenger cars. If 20 vehicles cross the bridge during a parti
Suppose that 4% of the 2 million high school students who take the SAT each year receive special accommodations because of documented disabilities. Consider a random sample of 15 students who have r
Find the following probabilities for the standard normal random variable Z:
What is the probability that the driver is incorrectly classified as being over the limit? What is the probability that the driver is correctly classified as being over the limit? Find the probability
Find the probability that Troy loses 2 matches before they stop playing. Find the expected number of matches Troy loses before they stop playing.
At a raffle, 10,000 tickets are sold at $10 each for three prizes valued at $4,800, $1,200, and $400. What is the expected value of one ticket?
The average daily high temperature in February in Fort Collins is 47 degrees (weatherchannel.com). Assume that the daily high temperatures in Fort Collins in February follow a normal distribution. U
Suppose you want to compare the amount of credit card debt for males and females. The null hypothesis for this problem would be no difference in the mean amount of credit card debt for males and fem
Construct a bootstrap distribution of the credit card debt data from your sample using 3000 resamples. Paste a copy of your distribution here. (With a PC, you can press the control-alt-fn-F11 keys to
In a sample of 56 addicts, 28 were given a new drug to help them overcome their addiction, while the remaining 28 were given the current drug. The following is the output from a randomization test f