Questions from Business Statistics


Q: The proportion of adult women in the United States is approximately 51

The proportion of adult women in the United States is approximately 51%. A marketing survey telephones 400 people at random. 1. What proportion of the sample of 400 would you expect to be women? 2. Wh...

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Q: In preparing a report on the economy, we need to estimate

In preparing a report on the economy, we need to estimate the percentage of businesses that plan to hire additional employees in the next 60 days. 1. How many randomly selected employers must we conta...

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Q: When they send out their fundraising letters, a philanthropic organization typically

When they send out their fundraising letters, a philanthropic organization typically gets a return from about 5% of the people on their mailing list. To see what the response rate might be for future...

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Q: An automatic character recognition device can successfully read about 85% of

An automatic character recognition device can successfully read about 85% of handwritten credit card applications. To estimate what might happen when this device reads a stack of applications, the com...

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Q: Pew Research, in 2015, polled a random sample of 1060

Pew Research, in 2015, polled a random sample of 1060 U.S. teens (ages 13–17) about Internet use. 56% of those teens reported going online several times a day a fact of great interest to advertisers...

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Q: Gallup regularly conducts a poll using a Cantril scale, which asks

Gallup regularly conducts a poll using a Cantril scale, which asks respondents to imagine a ladder with 10 rungs. Rung 0 represents the worst possible life, and rung 10 represents the best possible li...

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Q: According to a Pew Research survey, 27% of American adults

According to a Pew Research survey, 27% of American adults are pessimistic about the future of marriage and the family. That is based on a random sample of about 1500 people. Is it reasonable for Pew...

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Q: For her final project, Stacy plans on surveying a random sample

For her final project, Stacy plans on surveying a random sample of 50 students on whether they plan to go to Florida for spring break. From past years, she guesses that about 10% of the class goes. Is...

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Q: The philanthropic organization in Exercise 3 expects about a 5% success

The philanthropic organization in Exercise 3 expects about a 5% success rate when they send fundraising letters to the people on their mailing list. In Exercise 3, you looked at the histograms showing...

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Q: A specialty food company sells whole King Salmon to various customers.

A specialty food company sells whole King Salmon to various customers. The mean weight of these salmon is 35 pounds with a standard deviation of 2 pounds. The company ships them to restaurants in boxe...

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