Questions from Statistics Principles


Q: In a Pew Research poll, 42% of adult Americans had

In a Pew Research poll, 42% of adult Americans had a positive view of socialism. You conduct a survey of 200 randomly selected students at your school and find that 103 have a positive view of social...

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Q: According to a USA Today “Snapshot,” 3% of Americans

According to a USA Today “Snapshot,” 3% of Americans surveyed lie frequently. You conduct a survey of 500 college students and find that 20 of them lie frequently. (a) Compute the probability that, in...

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Q: In a binomial experiment with n trials and probability of success p

In a binomial experiment with n trials and probability of success p, if_____ , the binomial random variable X is approximately normal with /

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Q: When adding or subtracting 0.5 from x, we are

When adding or subtracting 0.5 from x, we are making a correction for_____.

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Q: Suppose X is a binomial random variable. To approximate /

Suppose X is a binomial random variable. To approximate /

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Q: True or False: The distribution of the sample mean, /,

True or False: The distribution of the sample mean, /, will be approximately normally distributed if the sample is obtained from a population that is not normally distributed, regardless of the sample...

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Q: True or False: To cut the standard error of the mean

True or False: To cut the standard error of the mean in half, the sample size must be doubled.

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Q: A simple random sample of size n = 10 is obtained from

A simple random sample of size n = 10 is obtained from a population that is normally distributed with  = 30 and  = 8. What is the sampling distribution of /?

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Q: A simple random sample of size n = 40 is obtained from

A simple random sample of size n = 40 is obtained from a population with  = 50 and  = 4. Does the population need to be normally distributed for the sampling distribution of / to be approximately no...

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Q: = 80 = 14, n = 49

= 80 = 14, n = 49

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