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An insurance company would like to estimate the average liability (dollars) that they pay out due to automobile accidents caused by male drivers aged 18 to 25. The company will use this estimate to
What percent of batteries have a life span that is more than 2445 hours? Would it be unusual for a battery to have a life span that is more than 2445 hours?
The Mass M of a randomly chosen tin of baked beans is such that M~N(420,100). Find the 20th percentile (the value of the observation corresponds to the 20th percentile). Find the 90th percentile (th
An article in the Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division ["Distribution of Toxic Substances in Rivers" (1982, Vol. 108, pp. 639-649)] investigates the concentration of several hydrophobic
In general, why do studies that compare an experimental treatment with an active control necessitate large sample sizes?
Do these results provide sufficient evidence ( assume a=0.05) of a regression relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable? How effective in predicting the dependent var
Would you use this regression model? Why or Why not? Please write the regression model that you would use and write descriptions for all variables and coefficients.
Two fair dice are rolled. Let's define the following events:
Make the usual assumptions about independence of birthdays and 365 days in a year. If, e.g., you think that the third person in the line has the highest chance of success, enter 3 as your answer. (H
Make the usual assumptions about independence of birthdays and 365 days in a year. If, e.g., you think that the third person in the line has the highest chance of success, enter 3 as your answer.
A softball player brags that he is a 0.300 hitter, yet at the end of the season he has gotten 21 hits in 84 at bats. Is this just bad luck?
Check the assumption that compressive strength is normally distributed. Include a graphical display in your answer. Construct a 98% lower-confidence bound on the mean strength.
A matched pairs experiment compares the taste of instant versus fresh-brewed coffee. Each subject tastes two unmarked cups of coffee, one of each type, in random order and states which he or she pre
Ben claims that the average price of a car wash in West Newton is more than $6.00. A sample of five car washes has an average price of $6.60 and a standard deviation of $1.10. At alpha = 0.05, test
Compare your answers in a and b and comment on the relationship of the population distribution and the distribution of sample means.
On a standard IQ test, the standard deviation if 15. How many random IQ scores must be otained if we want to find the true population mean (with an allowable error of 0.5) and we want 97% confidence
Consider a normal population with a mean of 10 and a variance of 4. Find P(X >=10).
Let X bar 10,000 be the fraction of heads in 10,000 tosses. Use Chebyshev's inequality to bound P(|Xbarn - 1/2| is greater than or equal to 0.01) and the normal approximation to estimate this probab
In a 162-game season find the approximate probability that a team with a 0.5 chance of winning will win atleast 87 games.
Suppose that the checkout time at a grocery store has a mean of 5 minutes and standard deviation of 2 minutes. Estimate the probability that a checker will serve at least 49 customers during her 4-h
An insurance company has 10,000 automobile policyholders. The expected yearly claim per policy holder is $240 with a standard deviation of $800. Approximate the probability that the yearly claim exc
Of the first 10,000 votes cast in an election, 5180 were for Candidate A. Find a 95% confidence interval for the fraction of votes that Candidate A will receive?
Suppose that it is known that the number of items produced at a factory per week is a random variable X with mean 50. a) What can we say about the probability X greater than or equal to 75? b) Suppo
Authors of paper describe a data packet switch that uses the statistical behavior of packet arrivals to reduce interconnected complexity. The binomial distribution is used to model the number of pac
A company is studying the number of daily debit card purchases. if there were 20 purchases and the probability of a debit card purchase is 0.5. a) Of the 20 purchases, what is the expected value of