Questions from Statistical Techniques


Q: The National Cable and Telecommunications Association recently reported that the mean number

The National Cable and Telecommunications Association recently reported that the mean number of HDTVs per household in the United States is 2.30 with a standard deviation of 1.474 sets. A sample of 10...

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Q: We are making a historical study of the American economy from 1950

We are making a historical study of the American economy from 1950 to 1980. Data on prices, the labor force, productivity, and the GNP were collected. Note in the following table that the CPI has a ba...

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Q: Refer to the Baseball 2016 data, which include information on the

Refer to the Baseball 2016 data, which include information on the 2016 Major League Baseball season. The data also include the mean player salary since 1989. a. Use the year 2000 salary as the base pe...

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Q: Listed below is the selling price for a share of PepsiCo Inc

Listed below is the selling price for a share of PepsiCo Inc. at the close of each year from 1998 to 2015. a. Plot the data. b. Determine the least squares trend equation. c. Calculate the points fo...

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Q: The production of Reliable Manufacturing Company for 2012 and part of 2013

The production of Reliable Manufacturing Company for 2012 and part of 2013 follows. a. Using the ratio-to-moving-average method, determine the specific seasonals for July, August, and September 2012...

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Q: The quarterly production of pine lumber, in millions of board feet

The quarterly production of pine lumber, in millions of board feet, by Northwest Lumber for 2012 through 2016 is: a. Determine the typical seasonal pattern for the production data using the ratio-to...

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Q: At the time she was hired as a server at the Grumney

At the time she was hired as a server at the Grumney Family Restaurant, Beth Brigden was told, “You can average $80 a day in tips.” Assume the population of daily tips is normally distributed with a s...

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Q: The North Valley Real Estate data reports information on homes on the

The North Valley Real Estate data reports information on homes on the market. a. Determine the proportion of homes that have an attached garage. At the .05 significance level, can we conclude that mor...

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Q: Sales of roof material, by quarter, for 2010 through 2016

Sales of roof material, by quarter, for 2010 through 2016, by Carolina Home Construction Inc. are shown below (in $000). a. Determine the typical seasonal patterns for sales using the ratio-to-movin...

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Q: (The data for this exercise are available at the text website

(The data for this exercise are available at the text website: www.mhhe.com/Lind17e.) Refer to the Lincolnwood School District bus data. a. Suppose we consider a bus “old” if it has been in service mo...

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