Questions from Statistics Principles


Q: The Wall Street Journal regularly publishes an article entitled “The Count

The Wall Street Journal regularly publishes an article entitled “The Count.” In one article, The Count looked at 1000 randomly selected home runs in Major League Baseball. Source: Wall Street Journal,...

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Q: The Chicago Tribune analyzed 17,713 complaints by citizens against Chicago

The Chicago Tribune analyzed 17,713 complaints by citizens against Chicago police officers. Source: Chicago Tribune, June 14, 2015. (a) Of the 17,713 complaints against police officers, it was found t...

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Q: In the game of roulette, a wheel consists of 38 slots

In the game of roulette, a wheel consists of 38 slots numbered 0, 00, 1, 2, ……., 36. (See the photo.) To play the game, a metal ball is spun around the wheel and is allowed to fall into one of the num...

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Q: Exclude leap years from the following calculations and assume each birthday is

Exclude leap years from the following calculations and assume each birthday is equally likely: (a) Determine the probability that a randomly selected person has a birthday on the 1st day of a month. I...

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Q: A gene is composed of two alleles, either dominant or recessive

A gene is composed of two alleles, either dominant or recessive. Suppose that a husband and wife, who are both carriers of the sickle-cell anemia allele but do not have the disease, decide to have a c...

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Q: In Problem 29, we learned that for some diseases, such

In Problem 29, we learned that for some diseases, such as sickle-cell anemia, an individual will get the disease only if he or she receives both recessive alleles. This is not always the case. For exa...

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Q: A study in which balding men were compared with non-balding

A study in which balding men were compared with non-balding men at one point in time found that balding men were 70% more likely to have heart disease. Source: USA Today, April 4, 2013.

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Q: In a national survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control to

In a national survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control to determine college students’ health-risk behaviors, college students were asked, “How often do you wear a seatbelt when riding in a...

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Q: In a national survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control to

In a national survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control to determine college students’ health-risk behaviors, college students were asked, “How often do you wear a seatbelt when driving a ca...

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Q: A police officer randomly selected 642 police records of larceny thefts.

A police officer randomly selected 642 police records of larceny thefts. The following data represent the number of offenses for various types of larceny thefts. (a) Construct a probability model for...

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