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A competency test has scores with a mean of 69 and a standard deviation of 4. A histogram of the data shows that the distribution is normal. Use the Empirical Rule to find the percentage of scores b
Which of the following numerical summary measures is not sensitive to outliers in a dataset?
Let d = diastolic blood pressure before diet d-diastolic blood pressure after diet. Assume diastolic readings to be normally distributed. The sample mean difference of the sample is 0.8 and the samp
Sixty percent of all road accidents are due to distracted driving. In a random sample of 100 accidents, what is the probability more than 70 are due to distracted driving.
A random sample of size 100 is drawn from a population with population proportion 0.70. Find the probability that the sample proportion:
Heights of trees in a forest are normally distributed with mean 50 feet and standard deviation 12 feet. In a random sample of 36 trees what is the probability that the sample mean:
A random sample of size 64 is drawn from a population with mean 80 and standard deviation 20. Describe the sampling distribution of the sample mean.
Find the slope and intercept and write the estimated Regression equation. Fine SSE, SST, and SSR. Also find the Coefficient of Determination and interpret it. Find the correlation coefficient.
The amount of time spent watching television or playing video games is considered a significant factor on predicting childhood obesity. 290 parents of school-aged children were asked to estimate the
The mean annual cost of automobile insurance is $939 (CNBC, 2/23/2006), with a standard deviation of $245. What is the probability that the annual cost of auto insurance for a single individual will b
A glass factory produces windshields for large commercial trucks. Assume that the process that produces the windshields can be described by a Poisson distribution with an average of 4.8 defects per
Classify as categorical or quantitative data. Your statistics teacher has gathered information on each of the students in your class in order to illustrate the difference between categorical and qu
According to a recent survey, high school girls average 100 text messages daily (The Boston Globe, April 21, 2010). Assume the population standard deviation is 20 text messages. Suppose a random sam
A survey is being planned to determine the mean amount of time corporation executives watch television. A pilot survey indicated that the mean time per week is 18 hours, with a standard deviation of
The number of customers arriving at the checkout counter in a department store during a one hour period is a Poisson random variable with parameter ? = 7. What is the probability of:
How many defective lamps would you expect to find in a box of 14 lamps? What is the standard deviation of the number of defective lamps in this box?
Another archer is shooting 4 arrows at a target. In each shot, his probability of hitting the target equals p . The probability that he will miss all four shots equals 0.197530864. What is the value
The number of traffic accidents in a town in 10 randomly chosen rainy days in 2012 is as follows: {4, 0, 6, 5, 2, 1, 2, 0, 4, 3). Use these data to estimate the proportion of rainy days in this town
What does it mean to say there is error in our regression?
Given that Sxx = 265, Syy = 172, and Sxy = 184, what is the value of the linear correlation coefficient?
Recent information published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicates that Honda is the manufacturer of five of the top ten vehicles in terms of fuel economy. Determine the probability
An insurance company estimates 45 percent of its claims have errors. The insurance company wants to estimate with 95 percent confidence the proportion of claims with errors. What sample size is nee
For a given multiple regression model with three independent variables, the value of the adjusted multiple coefficient of determination is _________ less than R2.