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In a survey of 1224 people, 837 people said they voted in a recent presidential election. Voting records show that 66% of eligible voters actually did vote. Given that 66% of eligible voters actuall
Suppose the prevalence of a disease is 2 per thousand people. A screening test has a specificity of 95% and a sensitivity of 99%. Describe each of the probabilities.
A company issues credit cards and uses software to detect fraud. After tracking the spending habits of one consumer, it was found that charges over $100 constitute 30.2% of the credit transactions.
An aircraft has 212 seats. When someone buys a ticket for a flight, there is a 0.0591 probability that the person will not show up for the flight. A ticket agent accepts 217 reservations for a fligh
A friend of mine is giving a dinner party. His current wine supply includes 11 bottles of zinfandel, 10 of merlot, and 9 of cabernet (he only drinks red wine), all from different wineries. If he wa
Which of the following is NOT commonly regarded as being a credit policy variable?
Other things held constant, which of the following would tend to reduce the cash conversion cycle?
Which of the following items should a company report directly in its monthly cash budget?
Which of the following is NOT a situation that might lead a firm to increase its holdings of short-term marketable securities?
Please answer the following questions with citing where necessary. Give the formal definition of the central limit theorem
Singal Inc. is preparing its cash budget. It expects to have sales of $30,000 in January, $35,000 in February, and $35,000 in March. If 20% of sales are for cash, 40% are credit sales paid in the mo
Pat likes to fish in a lake inside the Arctic Circle that has trout and pike. In any given day, the probability that Pat catches trout is 0.5, and the probability that he catches pike is 0.6. Find t
What are advantages to using the p-value method as opposed to the critical point (or rejection point) method?
To answer the question input only the actual number. Do not include units. Do not give your answer in sentence form -- just include the numerical answer rounded to exactly 4 decimal places.
Explain why the sum of x-xbar (mean)=0. Explain how this is related to the property of the mean that states that the mean is the balance point of its distribution.
Imagine you are planning a pizza party for the little league team and need to feed 12 people: 8 children and 4 adults. Develop and explain a mathematical formula you could use to determine cost and
A committee is evaluating six equally qualified candidates for a job. Only three of the six will be invited for an interview; among the chosen three, the order of invitation is of importance because
Imagine that the correlation between the number of hours a child watches tv in a week and his/her score on a common measure of sustained attention (The CPT - Continuous Performance Test) is - .48. T
The employee taken at random turns out to be male. Compute the probability that he earns more than $30,000 a year (to 4 decimals).
A teacher ask her class, "How many children are there in your family, including yourself?" The mean response is about 3 children. According to the 2000 census, families that have children average 1.
In a regression-based estimate of a demand function, the b coefficient for advertising equals 2.75 with a standard deviation of 1.25 units. What is the range within which there can be 99 percent con
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is responsible for determining the root cause of industrial accidents. Since its creation in 1998, the CBS has identified 83 incidents t
A certain test is designed to measure the satisfaction of an individual with his/her relationship. Suppose that the scores on this test are approximately normally distributed with a mean of and a st
A package contains a 42 marbles of the same size but different colors; 18 are yellow, 12 are blue, 9 are green, and 3 are black. What is the probability of selecting a blue marble and then a green mar
For each of the variables described below, indicate whether it is a quantitative or a categorical (qualitative) variable. Also, indicate the level of measurement for the variable: nominal, ordinal,