Questions from Business Statistics


Q: Many people believe that they experience “information overload” in today’s

Many people believe that they experience “information overload” in today’s digital world. The report “information overload” (pew research center, December 7, 2016) describes a survey in which people w...

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Q: In a survey of mobile phone owners, 53% of iPhone

In a survey of mobile phone owners, 53% of iPhone users and 42% of Android phone users indicated that they upgraded their phones at least every two years (“americans Split on how oft...

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Q: A hotel chain is interested in evaluating reservation processes. Guests can

A hotel chain is interested in evaluating reservation processes. Guests can reserve a room by using either a telephone system or an online system that is accessed through the hotel’s web site. Indepen...

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Q: The paper “on the nature of creepiness” (New Ideas

The paper “on the nature of creepiness” (New Ideas in Psychology [2016]: 10–15) describes a study to investigate what people think is “creepy.” Each person in a sample of women and a sample of men wer...

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Q: The Interactive Advertising Bureau surveyed a representative sample of 1000 adult Americans

The Interactive Advertising Bureau surveyed a representative sample of 1000 adult Americans and a representative sample of 1000 adults in China (“majority of Digital Users in U.S. an...

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Q: The article “most women oppose having to register for the Draft

The article “most women oppose having to register for the Draft” (february 10, 2016, www.rasmussenreports. com, retrieved December 15, 2016) describes a survey of likely voters in the United States. T...

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Q: The article referenced in the previous exercise also reported that 53%

The article referenced in the previous exercise also reported that 53% of the Republicans surveyed indicated that they were opposed to making women register for the draft. Would you use the large-samp...

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Q: The report “Young people Living on the edge” (greenberg

The report “Young people Living on the edge” (greenberg Quinlan rosner research, 2008) summarizes a survey of people in two independent random samples. One sample consisted of 600 young adults (age 19...

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Q: The report referenced in the previous exercise also stated that the proportion

The report referenced in the previous exercise also stated that the proportion who thought their parents would help with buying a house or renting an apartment for the sample of young adults was 0.37....

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Q: Gallup surveyed adult Americans about their consumer debt (“americans’ big Debt

Gallup surveyed adult Americans about their consumer debt (“americans’ big Debt burden growing, not evenly Distributed,” february 4, 2016, www.gallup.com, retrieved December 15, 2016). They reported t...

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