• Q : Quality control inspector....
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    In a manufacturing process, a quality control inspector selected three items at random. Items can be either defective or not defective, with equal probability. What is the probability of getting mor

  • Q : Calculate the appropriate test statistic....
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    Calculate the appropriate test statistic: What decision do we make? What this decision means in terms of this problem?

  • Q : Confidence interval for shelf life....
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    The shelf life of a particular type of battery is being studied. Twenty batteries are tested and the mean shelf life of the sample is Xbar=24.5 months. The estimated standard deviation is one month.

  • Q : Measuring the amount of current....
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    The brightness of a television picture tube can be evaluated by measuring the amount of current required to achieve a particular brightness. A sample of 10 tubes results in an Xbar=317.2 microamps w

  • Q : Research hypothesis that men....
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    Test the research hypothesis that men use the Internet more hours than women, set alpha at .05. Would your decision have been different if alpha were set at .01?

  • Q : Efficacy of a new cholesterol-lowering medication....
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    To test the efficacy of a new cholesterol-lowering medication, 10 people are selected at random. Each has their LDL levels measured (shown below as Before), then take the medicine for 10 weeks, and

  • Q : Standing on a line....
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    You are standing on a line and you are going to flip a coin 4 times. If a flip comes up heads you move one foot to the right; if it comes up tails you move one foot to the left. What is the expected

  • Q : Investigate the relationship between office rents....
    Basic Statistics :

    An economist wanted to investigate the relationship between office rents (the dependent variable) and vacancy rates. Accordingly, he took a random sample of monthly office rents and the percentage o

  • Q : Estimate of the proportion of calls....
    Basic Statistics :

    What is an estimate of the proportion of calls not resulting in a satisfactory outcome for the customer when the center is in control? Construct the upper and lower limits for a p chart for the proc

  • Q : Advocacy group recorded several variables....
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    A consumer advocacy group recorded several variables on 140 models of cars. The resulting information was used to produce the following regression output that relates the city gas mileage (in mpg) a

  • Q : Compute the probability....
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    Players bet a dollar on a number. If the number does not come up, the dollar is lost. If the number comes up one or more times, the player wins as many dollars as there are occurrences of the numbe

  • Q : Researcher claims that the national average....
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    Another researcher claims that the national average is 32 with a standard deviation of 5.2. At an ? = .01, does your sample differ from that stated national average? Record and explain the result. S

  • Q : Specify the distribution of defective products....
    Basic Statistics :

    Name and specify the distribution of defective products in the stores order. What is the probability that the order will get returned? Write out the probability statement and summarize the formula yo

  • Q : Percentage of persons completing....
    Basic Statistics :

    You learn that the data is actually a sample from the U.S. population where 1000 people were surveyed from each state and the percentage reflects the percentage of the sample who completed 4 years o

  • Q : Processes to enhance the quality of products....
    Basic Statistics :

    Dizio TV company has recently invested in manufacturing processes to enhance the quality of their products. In testing the quality of the TVs produced under the new manufacturing process enhancement

  • Q : Find the average height of the class....
    Basic Statistics :

    60% of my students are females and 40% males. The average height for females is 5.8 and average for males is 6. Find the average height of the class.

  • Q : Determining the multinomial experiment....
    Basic Statistics :

    A multinomial experiment produced the following results: The null hypotheses is H0: p1=0.30, p2=0.20, and p3=0.50. Calculate the value of the test statistic. Assume a 1% significance level.

  • Q : Enthusiast hypothesized that average horsepower....
    Basic Statistics :

    A car enthusiast hypothesized that the average horsepower of 8 cylinder cars was less than 475. A random sample of 15 models of 2008 cars was selected and the horsepower measured for each car. The a

  • Q : Compute the degrees of freedom....
    Basic Statistics :

    The weekly demand for a product is believed to be normally distributed. Compute the degrees of freedom. Use ?=0.10. The sample mean is 24.5 and the sample standard deviation is 3.

  • Q : Construct the one-way anova table....
    Basic Statistics :

    Obtain the sample mean and the sample standard deviation of each of the three samples.Obtain total sum of squares (SST,)treatment sum of squares (SSTR,)anderror sum of squares (SSE)by using the defi

  • Q : Error of the sampling distribution....
    Basic Statistics :

    The men took an average of 21.89 hours of personal time per year with a standard deviation of 3.29 hours. What is the standard error of the sampling distribution for the difference between the two m

  • Q : Population proportion of americans....
    Basic Statistics :

    Suppose that you were trying to determine if the population proportion of Americans that currently believe that nuclear power is extremely/very dangerous to the environment was less than 50%.

  • Q : Number of occurrences per time period....
    Basic Statistics :

    Data on the number of occurrences per time period and observed frequencies follow.  Compute the value of the test statistic. Use ?=0.05.

  • Q : Researcher for an automobile company....
    Basic Statistics :

    A market researcher for an automobile company suspects differences in preferred color between male and female buyers. Advertisements targeted to different groups should take such differences into ac

  • Q : Classical or p-value approach....
    Basic Statistics :

    Given the following information: alternative hypothesis: p < 0.70, n = 300, x = 205, alpha = 0.02. State your decision and conclusion using either the classical or p-value approach. Explain how y

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