Questions from Business Statistics


Q: Refer to the instructions prior to this exercise. The article “

Refer to the instructions prior to this exercise. The article “Smartphone nation” (AARP Bulletin, September 2009) describes a study of how people ages 50 to 64 year...

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Q: Do children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Do children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have smaller brains than children without this condition? This question was the topic of a research study described in the pa...

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Q: The article “arctic Sea ice is Slipping away—and You’re

The article “arctic Sea ice is Slipping away—and You’re to blame” (USA TODAY, November 4, 2016) describes a study that appeared...

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Q: Suppose that a study is carried out in which each student in

Suppose that a study is carried out in which each student in a random sample selected from students at a particular college is asked whether or not he or she would purchase a recycled paper product ev...

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Q: Comment on the following statement: The same statistical inference methods are

Comment on the following statement: The same statistical inference methods are used for learning from categorical data and for learning from numerical data.

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Q: Consider the four key questions that guide the choice of an inference

Consider the four key questions that guide the choice of an inference method. Two of these questions are Q: Question type. Estimation or hypothesis testing? S: Study type. Sample data or experiment...

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Q: Refer to the instructions prior to this exercise. A study of

Refer to the instructions prior to this exercise. A study of fast-food intake is described in the paper “what People buy from fast-food restaurants” (Obesity [2009]: 1369–1374). Adult customers at thr...

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Q: Common Sense Media surveyed 1000 teens and 1000 parents of teens to

Common Sense Media surveyed 1000 teens and 1000 parents of teens to learn about how teens are using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace (“teens Show, tell too much o...

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Q: Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin studied 2121 children between the

Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin studied 2121 children between the ages of 1 and 4 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 26, 2005). For each child in the study, a measure of iron defici...

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Q: Refer to the instructions prior to this exercise. The concept of

Refer to the instructions prior to this exercise. The concept of a “phantom smoker” was introduced in the paper “i Smoke but i am not a Smoker: Ph...

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