Questions from Business Statistics


Q: A student runs an experiment to study the effect of three different

A student runs an experiment to study the effect of three different mufflers on gas mileage. He devises a system so that his Jeep Wagoneer uses gasoline from a one-liter container. He tests each muffl...

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Q: A student interested in improving her dart-throwing technique designs an

A student interested in improving her dart-throwing technique designs an experiment to test 4 different stances to see whether they affect her accuracy. After warming up for several minutes, she rando...

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Q: A student study of the effects of caffeine asked volunteers to take

A student study of the effects of caffeine asked volunteers to take a memory test 2 hours after drinking soda. Some drank caffeine-free cola, some drank regular cola (with caffeine), and others drank...

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Q: To shorten the time it takes him to make his favorite pizza

To shorten the time it takes him to make his favorite pizza, a student designed an experiment to test the effect of sugar and milk on the activation times for baking yeast. Specifically, he tested fou...

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Q: A student performed an experiment with three different grips to see what

A student performed an experiment with three different grips to see what effect it might have on the distance of a backhanded Frisbee throw. She tried it with her normal grip, with one finger out, and...

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Q: Here are boxplots that show the relationship between the number of cylinders

Here are boxplots that show the relationship between the number of cylinders a car engine has and the car fuel economy for a sample of cars. 1. State the null and alternative hypotheses that you might...

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Q: Here are case prices (in dollars) of wines produced by

Here are case prices (in dollars) of wines produced by wineries along three of the Finger Lakes. 1. What null and alternative hypotheses would you test for these data? Talk about prices and location,...

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Q: A bank is studying the time that it takes 6 of its

A bank is studying the time that it takes 6 of its tellers to serve an average customer. Customers line up in the queue and then go to the next available teller. Here is a boxplot of the last 200 cust...

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Q: In the previous chapter we considered TV watching by male and female

In the previous chapter we considered TV watching by male and female student athletes. In that example, we categorized the students into four groups, but now we have seen that these data could be anal...

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Q: A student performed an experiment to compare chocolate chip cookie recipes.

A student performed an experiment to compare chocolate chip cookie recipes. He baked batches of cookies with different amounts of Sugar: 0.5, 0.375, and 0.25 cups, and with different kinds of Chips: m...

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