Questions from Statistics Principles


Q: While exercising by climbing stairs, is it better to take one

While exercising by climbing stairs, is it better to take one stair, or two stairs, at a time? Researchers identified 30 volunteers who were asked to climb stairs for two different 15-minute intervals...

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Q: By how much does adiposity (a measure of body fat)

By how much does adiposity (a measure of body fat) differ between adult women who maintain a regular sleep schedule versus women whose sleep schedule fluctuates by 90 minutes or more?

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Q: Develop a survey that you could administer using online survey tools such

Develop a survey that you could administer using online survey tools such as StatCrunch, surveymonkey.com, or polldaddy.com. Administer the survey. Did the responses accurately reflect the goals of ea...

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Q: Do recent graduates from college who have no debt start their own

Do recent graduates from college who have no debt start their own business at a higher rate than recent graduates who have debt between $20,000 and $40,000?

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Q: A random sample of n1 = 120 individuals results in x1 =

A random sample of n1 = 120 individuals results in x1 = 43 successes. An independent sample of n2 = 130 individuals results in x2 = 56 successes. Does this represent sufficient evidence to conclude th...

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Q: A random sample of size n = 13 obtained from a population

A random sample of size n = 13 obtained from a population that is normally distributed results in a sample mean of 45.3 and sample standard deviation of 12.4. An independent sample of size n = 18 o...

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Q: A random sample of n1 = 135 individuals results in x1 =

A random sample of n1 = 135 individuals results in x1 = 40 successes. An independent sample of n2 = 150 individuals results in x2 = 60 successes. Does this represent sufficient evidence to conclude th...

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Q: A random sample of size n = 41 results in a sample

A random sample of size n = 41 results in a sample mean of 125.3 and a sample standard deviation of 8.5. An independent sample of size n = 50 results in a sample mean of 130.8 and sample standard devi...

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Q: The following data represent the measure of a variable before and after

The following data represent the measure of a variable before and after a treatment. Does the sample evidence suggest that the treatment is effective in increasing the value of the response variable?...

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Q: Suppose there are n independent trials of an experiment with k >

Suppose there are n independent trials of an experiment with k > 3 mutually exclusive outcomes, where pi represents the probability of observing the ith outcome. The______ for each possible outcome ar...

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