• Q : Sample that claim that they never have time to relax....
    Basic Statistics :

    Opinion polls determine that 20% of Americans adults claim that they don't get enough sleep. Assume you take a random sample of 200 American adults and count the number X in your sample that claim t

  • Q : Conduct a test of hypotheses....
    Basic Statistics :

    A researcher plans to conduct a test of hypotheses at the ? = 0.10 significance level. She designs her study to have a power of 0.70 at a particular alternative value of the parameter of interest.

  • Q : What is the probability that he makes....
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    A college basketball player makes 70% of his free throws. At the end of game, his team is losing by two points. He is fouled attempting 3-point shot and is awarded 3 free throws. Supposing each fre

  • Q : Find the sample mean....
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    Assume we are testing the null hypothesis H0: ? = 20 and the alternative Ha: ? 20, for a normal population with ? = 5. A random sample of 25 observations are drawn from the population, and we find t

  • Q : Percent of errors....
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    Nonword errors make up 25% of all errors. A human proofreader will catch 80% of nonword errors and 50% of word errors. What percent of errors will the proofreader catch?

  • Q : Toss fair coin repeatedly....
    Basic Statistics :

    Assume we toss fair coin repeatedly. We continue to do this till a "tail" is observed. Let X be the number of tosses needed. Then X has. A binomial distribution, with mean 0.50.

  • Q : Normal distribution with mean....
    Basic Statistics :

    The high temperature X (in degrees Fahrenheit) on January days in Columbus, Ohio varies according to Normal distribution with mean 21 and standard deviation 10.

  • Q : Performing a particular minor surgical procedure....
    Basic Statistics :

    Nationwide, the amount charged by the doctors for performing a particular minor surgical procedure averages $1220 and varies with a standard deviation of $300. We randomly select 160 bills from the

  • Q : High cholesterol with a new drug....
    Basic Statistics :

    A medical researcher treats 400 subjects with the high cholesterol with a new drug. The average decrease in cholesterol level is = 90 after two months of taking the drug. Assume that the decrease in

  • Q : Recreational marijuana....
    Basic Statistics :

    The magazine High Times has website which once asked visitors whether recreational marijuana use should be legal. This is an example of

  • Q : Six faculty members....
    Basic Statistics :

    A small math department has six faculty members and 30 students. It can send 6 people to the national convention and they would like to send 4 students and 2 faculty members. Of the 30 students, 4 a

  • Q : Procedure produces bags of cookies....
    Basic Statistics :

    A manufacturing procedure produces bags of cookies. The distribution of content weights of these bags is Normal with mean 16.0 oz and standard deviation 0.8 oz. We will randomly select n bags of coo

  • Q : Opinion regarding the job performance....
    Basic Statistics :

    A political party sends a mail survey to 1500 randomly chosen registered voters in community. The survey asks respondents to provide an opinion regarding the job performance of the current President

  • Q : Proportion of students....
    Basic Statistics :

    A survey of college students determines that 20% like country music, 15% like gospel music, and 10% like both country music as well as gospel music. The proportion of students that like either count

  • Q : Take place with probability....
    Basic Statistics :

    An event A will take place with probability 0.5. An event B will occur with the probability 0.6. The probability that both A and B will take place is 0.1. The conditional probability of B, given A,

  • Q : Number of spots showing....
    Basic Statistics :

    In specific game, a fair die is tossed. If the number of spots showing is a six, you win $6, if the number of spots showing is a five, you win $3, if the number of spots showing is 4,

  • Q : Approval for congressional term limits....
    Basic Statistics :

    A radio show develops a phone-in survey each morning. Listeners are asked to call in with response to the question of the day. One morning in 2011, listeners were asked if they supported or opposed

  • Q : Determine the probability....
    Basic Statistics :

    If 18% of all Americans are underweight, determine the probability that if three Americans are selected at random, all three are underweight.

  • Q : Determine the probability of getting....
    Basic Statistics :

    A package haves 12 resistors, 3 of which are defective. If four are chosen, determine the probability of getting the following.

  • Q : Determine these probabilities....
    Basic Statistics :

    A box haves 5 red, 2 white, and 3 green marbles. If a marble is chosen at random, determine these probabilities.

  • Q : Compare two sunscreens....
    Basic Statistics :

    A study attempts to compare two sunscreens. Each of 50 subjects with varying skin complexions will employ both sunscreens - Screen A on one side of his or her body and Screen B on the other side.

  • Q : Overweight women who exercise regularly....
    Basic Statistics :

    A researcher finds out 2000 mildly overweight women who exercise regularly, have not had heart attack, and are willing to participate in the study. She randomly assigns 500 of women to take appetite

  • Q : Greater risk for depression and for violence....
    Basic Statistics :

    Some researchers have noted that the adolescents who spend lot of time playing video or computer games are at greater risk for depression and for violence. This is an example of

  • Q : Observational units in a study....
    Basic Statistics :

    Assume that the observational units in a study are the 23 campuses in the California State University system:

  • Q : Determine the mean and standard deviation....
    Basic Statistics :

    In the distribution of scores x=64 corresponds to z=1.00 and x=67 corresponds to z=2.00. Determine the mean and standard deviation for the distribution

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