Questions from Statistics Principles


Q: A study about the effects of marijuana use concludes that persons who

A study about the effects of marijuana use concludes that persons who became persistent users before they reached the age of 18, and who remained persistent users until age 38, will lose several IQ po...

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Q: Refer to the measurement of job satisfaction. Rather than average score

Refer to the measurement of job satisfaction. Rather than average score, researchers often prefer the proportion who respond "very satisfied." Using the data in Exercise 10.12, compare the proportion...

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Q: Refer to the measurement of job satisfaction. Using the data in

Refer to the measurement of job satisfaction. Using the data in Exercise 10.12, compare the proportion of very satisfied for firefighters, p1, with the proportion for office supervisors, p2. (a) Find...

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Q: The monthly income in dollars for seven sales persons at a car

The monthly income in dollars for seven sales persons at a car dealership are 2450 2275 2425 4700 2650 2350 2475 (a) Calculate the mean and median salary. (b) Which of the two is preferable as...

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Q: The popular disinfectant Listerine is named after Joseph Lister, a British

The popular disinfectant Listerine is named after Joseph Lister, a British physician who pioneered the use of antiseptics. Lister conjectured that human infections might have an organic origin and thu...

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Q: Referring to the data of Exercise 10.44, calculate a

Referring to the data of Exercise 10.44, calculate a 95% confidence interval for the difference between the survival rates for the two groups. Data from Exercise 10.44: The popular disinfectant Liste...

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Q: Random samples of 250 persons in the 30- to 40-

Random samples of 250 persons in the 30- to 40-year age group and 250 persons in the 60- to 70-year age group are asked about the average number of hours they sleep per night, and the following summar...

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Q: Refer to Exercise 10.46. Let the population proportions in

Refer to Exercise 10.46. Let the population proportions in the two groups who have ≤ 8 hours of sleep per night be denoted by p1 and p2. Construct a 95% confidence interval for p1...

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Q: A medical researcher conjectures that smoking can result in wrinkled skin around

A medical researcher conjectures that smoking can result in wrinkled skin around the eyes. By observing 150 smokers and 250 nonsmokers, the researcher finds that 95 of the smokers and 103 of the nonsm...

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Q: In the survey on which the Data Bank is based, a

In the survey on which the Data Bank is based, a larger number of persons was asked to respond to the statement "I would characterize my political beliefs as liberal" on a seven point Likert scale fro...

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