Questions from Applied Statistics


Q: A ski company in Vail owns two ski shops, one on

A ski company in Vail owns two ski shops, one on the west side and one on the east side of Vail. Is there a difference in daily average goggle sales between the two stores? Assume equal variances....

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Q: Researchers analyzed 12 samples of two kinds of Stella’s decaffeinated coffee.

Researchers analyzed 12 samples of two kinds of Stella’s decaffeinated coffee. The caffeine in a cup of decaffeinated espresso had a mean of 9.4 mg with a standard deviation of 3.2 mg, while brewed de...

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Q: A ski company in Vail owns two ski shops, one on

A ski company in Vail owns two ski shops, one on the west side and one on the east side of Vail. Ski hat sales data (in dollars) for a random sample of 5 Saturdays during the 2004 season showed the fo...

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Q: Emergency room arrivals in a large hospital showed the statistics below for

Emergency room arrivals in a large hospital showed the statistics below for 2 months. At α = .05, has the variance changed? Show all steps clearly, including an illustration of the decis...

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Q: Concerned about graffiti, mayors of nine suburban communities instituted a citizen

Concerned about graffiti, mayors of nine suburban communities instituted a citizen Community Watch program. (a). State the hypotheses to see whether the number of graffiti incidents declined. (b)....

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Q: A certain company will purchase the house of any employee who is

A certain company will purchase the house of any employee who is transferred out of state and will handle all details of reselling the house. The purchase price is based on two assessments, one assess...

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Q: Nine homes are chosen at random from real estate listings in two

Nine homes are chosen at random from real estate listings in two suburban neighborhoods, and the square footage of each home is noted in the following table. At the .10 level of significance, is there...

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Q: Two labs produce 1280 3 1024 LCD displays. At random,

Two labs produce 1280 3 1024 LCD displays. At random, records are examined for 12 independently chosen hours of production in each lab, and the number of bad pixels per thousand displays is recorded....

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Q: A cognitive retraining clinic assists outpatient victims of head injury, anoxia

A cognitive retraining clinic assists outpatient victims of head injury, anoxia, or other conditions that result in cognitive impairment. Each incoming patient is evaluated to establish an appropriate...

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Q: Rates of return (annualized) in two investment portfolios are compared

Rates of return (annualized) in two investment portfolios are compared over the last 12 quarters. They are considered similar in safety, but portfolio B is advertised as being “less...

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