Questions from Statistics Principles


Q: An investigator at a large midwestern university wants to determine the typical

An investigator at a large midwestern university wants to determine the typical weekly amount of time students work on part-time jobs. More particularly, he wants to test the null hypothesis that the...

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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 Data Bank. A computer calculation for a test of H0 : µ = 411 versus H1 : µ â‰&nbs...

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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 bears in the Data Bank. A computer calculation for a test of H0 : µ = 100 centimeters versus H1 : µ â‰&n...

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Q: New video games are rated, by editors, at various Web

New video games are rated, by editors, at various Web sites ( e.g., www.gamespot.com). You are equally interested in five games that received editors' ratings of 10 10 10 9 9 on a ten point scale....

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Q: The weekly flier from a large box store always features many items

The weekly flier from a large box store always features many items having a mail-in rebate. A random sample of 50 submissions produced the summary statistics x = 43 and s = 7.7 days for the time inter...

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Q: Refer to Example 6 where, one day, the visits of

Refer to Example 6 where, one day, the visits of n = 48 students to the social network site produced the summary statistics x = 35.96 minutes and s = 29. 11 minutes, n = 48 (a) Conduct a test of hypot...

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Q: A company wants to establish that the mean life of its batteries

A company wants to establish that the mean life of its batteries, when used in a wireless mouse, is over 183 days. The data consist of the life lengths of batteries in 64 different wireless mice. (a)...

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Q: In a given situation, suppose H0 was not rejected at a

In a given situation, suppose H0 was not rejected at a = .02. Answer the following questions as "yes," "no," or "can't tell" as the case may be. (a) Would H0 also be retained at a = .01? (b) Would H...

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Q: A company wishing to improve its customer service collected hold times from

A company wishing to improve its customer service collected hold times from 75 randomly selected incoming calls to its hot line that were put on hold. These calls h ad sample mean hold time x = 3.4 mi...

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Q: The weekly flier from a large box store always features many items

The weekly flier from a large box store always features many items having a mail-in rebate. A random sample of 50 submissions produced the summary statistics x = 43 and s = 7. 7 days for the time inte...

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