Questions from Applied Statistics


Q: Four students divided the task of surveying the types of vehicles in

Four students divided the task of surveying the types of vehicles in parking lots of four different shopping malls. Each student examined 100 cars in each of four large suburban malls, resulting in th...

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Q: Refer to the contingency table shown below. (a) Calculate

Refer to the contingency table shown below. (a) Calculate each probability (i–vi) and explain in words what it means. (b) Do you see evidence that smoking and race are not independen...

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Q: Analysis of forecasters’ interest rate predictions over the period 1982–1990

Analysis of forecasters’ interest rate predictions over the period 1982–1990 was intended to see whether the predictions corresponded to what actually happened. The...

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Q: High levels of cockpit noise in an aircraft can damage the hearing

High levels of cockpit noise in an aircraft can damage the hearing of pilots who are exposed to this hazard for many hours. Cockpit noise in a jet aircraft is mostly due to airflow at hundreds of mile...

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Q: Bob, Mary, and Jen go to dinner. Each orders

Bob, Mary, and Jen go to dinner. Each orders a different meal. The waiter forgets who ordered which meal, so he randomly places the meals before the three diners. Let C be the event that a diner gets...

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Q: If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on February 2, then legend

If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on February 2, then legend says that winter will last 6 more weeks. In 118 years, Phil has seen his shadow 104 times. (a) What is the probability that Phil will se...

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Q: Bob’s exam score was 2.17 standard deviations above the mean

Bob’s exam score was 2.17 standard deviations above the mean. The exam was taken by 200 students. Assuming a normal distribution, how many scores were higher than Bob’s?

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Q: On Los Angeles freeways during the rush hour, there is an

On Los Angeles freeways during the rush hour, there is an 18 percent probability that a driver is using a hand-held cell phone. Which type of probability (classical, empirical, subjective) do you thin...

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Q: Bob owns two stocks. There is an 80 percent probability that

Bob owns two stocks. There is an 80 percent probability that stock A will rise in price, while there is a 60 percent chance that stock B will rise in price. There is a 40 percent chance that both stoc...

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Q: To run its network, the Ramjac Corporation wants to install a

To run its network, the Ramjac Corporation wants to install a system with dual independent servers. Employee Bob grumbled, “But that will double the chance of system failure.” Is Bob right? Explain yo...

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