Questions from Statistics


Q: A data set consists of the ages of 87 female actors at

A data set consists of the ages of 87 female actors at the time they won an Academy Award. a. One of the women was 50 years old, and she was older than 77 of the other winners. What is the percentile...

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Q: The following four sets of seven numbers all have a mean of

The following four sets of seven numbers all have a mean of 9. {9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9} …………{8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10} {8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10} …………{ 6, 6, 6, 9, 12, 12, 12} a. Construct a histogram for eac...

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Q: The following four sets of seven numbers all have a mean of

The following four sets of seven numbers all have a mean of 6. {6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6} ……{5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7} {5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 6, 7} ……{3, 3, 3, 6, 9, 9, 9} a. Make a histogram for each set. b. Give...

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Q: The following data sets give the ages in years of a sample

The following data sets give the ages in years of a sample of cars in a faculty parking lot and a student parking lot at the College of Portland.

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Q: Reasoning that barrels of oil are three-dimensional, a newspaper

Reasoning that barrels of oil are three-dimensional, a newspaper publishes a three-dimensional graph showing oil production (barrels) in five different years.

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Q: The following data sets give the driving speeds (in mi/

The following data sets give the driving speeds (in mi/h) of the first nine cars to pass through a school zone and the first nine cars to pass through a downtown intersection.

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Q: The following data sets show the ages of the first seven U

The following data sets show the ages of the first seven U.S. Presidents (Washington through Jackson) and seven recent U.S. Presidents (Ford through Obama) at the time of their inaugurations.

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Q: The following data sets give the approximate lengths (in minutes)

The following data sets give the approximate lengths (in minutes) of Beethoven’s nine symphonies and Mahler’s nine symphonies.

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Q: You are in charge of a manufacturing process that produces car batteries

You are in charge of a manufacturing process that produces car batteries that are supposed to provide 12 volts of power. Manufacturing occurs at two different sites. The first site produces batteries...

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Q: You want to determine the average (mean) annual salary of

You want to determine the average (mean) annual salary of the current members of Congress.

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