Questions from Statistics Principles


Q: An employee of an on-campus copy center wants to determine

An employee of an on-campus copy center wants to determine the mean number of copies before a cartridge needs to be replaced. She records the life length in thousands of copies for 43 cartridges and o...

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Q: Refer to Exercise 5.8. Assuming each choice is equally

Refer to Exercise 5.8. Assuming each choice is equally likely, determine the prob ability distribution of X. Data from Exercise 5.8: A child psychologist interested in how friends are selected studie...

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Q: Refer to the 40 height measurements given in Exercise 8.3

Refer to the 40 height measurements given in Exercise 8.3, which have n = 40, x = 1.715, s = .475 centimeter Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the population mean height. Data from Exercise 8...

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Q: Radiation measurements on a sample of 65 microwave ovens produced x =

Radiation measurements on a sample of 65 microwave ovens produced x = .11 and s = .06. Determine a 95% confidence interval for the mean radiation.

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Q: Refer to the data on the growth of female salmon in the

Refer to the data on the growth of female salmon in the marine environment in the Dat Bank. A computer calculation gives a 9 5% confidence interval. (a) Does the 95% confidence interval cover the true...

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Q: To study the growth of pine trees at an early stage,

To study the growth of pine trees at an early stage, a nursery worker records 40 measurements of the heights (cm) of one-year-old red pine seedlings. ( courtesy of Professor Alan Ek). The summary stat...

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Q: Refer to the data on the girth, in centimeters, of

Refer to the data on the girth, in centimeters, of grizzly b ears in Table D.6 of the Data Bank. A computer calculation gives (a) Does the 95% confidence interval cover the true mean girth of all griz...

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Q: The number of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) was measured in 40

The number of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) was measured in 40 samples of soil that were treated with contaminated sludge. The following summary statistics were obtained. x = 3.56, s = .5 ppm (a) O...

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Q: A national fast food chain, with thousands of franchise locations,

A national fast food chain, with thousands of franchise locations, needed to audit the books at each location. They first selected a sample of 50 locations and performed the audit. They determined tha...

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Q: Stated here are some claims or research hypotheses that are to be

Stated here are some claims or research hypotheses that are to be substantiated by sample data. In each case, identify the null hypothesis Ha and the alternative hypothesis H1 in terms of the populati...

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