Questions from Applied Statistics


Q: Which data would be most suitable for a pie chart? Why

Which data would be most suitable for a pie chart? Why not the others? a. Presidential vote in the last election by party (Democratic, Republican, Other). b. Retail prices of six major brands of colo...

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Q: On a professional certifying exam, there are 25 true-false

On a professional certifying exam, there are 25 true-false questions. The correct answers are T F T T F F F T T F T F T T T F F T T F F T T F T. Research question: At α = .05, is the T/F pattern rando...

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Q: A baseball player was at bat 33 times during preseason exhibition games

A baseball player was at bat 33 times during preseason exhibition games. His pattern of hits (H) and nonhits (N) is shown (a nonhit is a walk or a strikeout). Research question: At = 5 .01, is the pat...

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Q: A sample of 28 student scores on the chemistry midterm exam is

A sample of 28 student scores on the chemistry midterm exam is shown. (a). At α = .10, does the population median differ from 50? Make a worksheet in Excel for your calculations. (b)...

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Q: Final exam scores for a sample of 20 students in a managerial

Final exam scores for a sample of 20 students in a managerial accounting class are shown. (a). At α = .05, is there a difference in the population median scores on the two exams? Make...

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Q: Bob and Tom are “paper investors.” They each “buy

Bob and Tom are “paper investors.” They each “buy” stocks they think will rise in value and “holdâ€...

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Q: An experimental bumper was designed to reduce damage in low-speed

An experimental bumper was designed to reduce damage in low-speed collisions. This bumper was installed on an experimental group of vans in a large fleet, but not on a control group. At the end of a t...

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Q: Samples are shown of volatility (coefficient of variation) for sector

Samples are shown of volatility (coefficient of variation) for sector stocks over a certain period of time. (a). At α = .05, is there a difference in median volatility in these four p...

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Q: (a) To construct control limits for an  chart,

(a) To construct control limits for an  chart, name three ways to estimate σ empirically. (b) Why is the  method often used? (c) Why is the s method the default in MINITAB?

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Q: List four rules for detecting abnormal (special cause) observations in

List four rules for detecting abnormal (special cause) observations in a control chart.

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