Questions from Business Statistics


Q: An airline public relations department says that the airline rarely loses passengers

An airline public relations department says that the airline rarely loses passengers luggage. It further claims that on those occasions when luggage is lost, 90% is recovered and delivered to its owne...

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Q: A start-up company is about to market a new computer

A start-up company is about to market a new computer printer. It decides to gamble by running commercials during the Super Bowl. The company hopes that name recognition will be worth the high cost of...

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Q: Like a lot of other Americans, John Wayne died of cancer

Like a lot of other Americans, John Wayne died of cancer. But is there more to this story? In 1955, Wayne was in Utah shooting the film The Conqueror. Across the state line, in Nevada, the United Stat...

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Q: The histogram shows total gross earnings (in millions of dollars)

The histogram shows total gross earnings (in millions of dollars) of the top 200 major release movies in 2015. (Data extracted from Movies_06-15) An industry publication reports that the typical movie...

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Q: The College Board reported that 60.3% of all students

The College Board reported that 60.3% of all students who took the 2016 AP Statistics exam earned scores of 3 or higher. One teacher wondered if the performance of her school was better. She believed...

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Q: From the measurements of body temperature in Chapter 17, Exercise 29

From the measurements of body temperature in Chapter 17, Exercise 29, you created a confidence interval for the true mean body temperature of healthy adults. 1. 98.6°F is commonly assumed t...

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Q: The nutrition lab in Chapter 17, Exercise 38 tested 40 hot

The nutrition lab in Chapter 17, Exercise 38 tested 40 hot dogs to see if their mean sodium content was less than the 325-mg upper limit set by regulations for reduced sodium franks. The mean sodium c...

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Q: The researcher from Chapter 17, Exercise 39 tests whether the mean

The researcher from Chapter 17, Exercise 39 tests whether the mean cholesterol level among those who eat frozen pizza exceeds the value considered to indicate a health risk. She gets a P-value of 0.07...

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Q: The technology committee of Chapter 17, Exercise 42 wants to perform

The technology committee of Chapter 17, Exercise 42 wants to perform a test to see if the mean amount of time students are spending in the lab has increased from 55 minutes. Here are the data from a r...

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Q: Recall from Chapter 17, Exercise 55 that students investigated the packaging

Recall from Chapter 17, Exercise 55 that students investigated the packaging of potato chips. They purchased 6 bags of Lay Ruffles marked with a net weight of 28.3 grams. They carefully weighed the co...

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