Questions from Statistics


Q: About 12% of men and 10% of women are left

About 12% of men and 10% of women are left-handed. If we select a person at random, are the event that the person is male and the event that the person is left-handed independent or associated?

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Q: Suppose a person is chosen at random. Use your knowledge about

Suppose a person is chosen at random. Use your knowledge about the world to decide whether the event that the person has brown eyes and the event that the person is female are independent or associate...

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Q: The 2017 World Almanac and Book of Facts reported that in 2016

The 2017 World Almanac and Book of Facts reported that in 2016, M&Ms had sales of approximately $3.48 million and that this accounted for 12.95% of the total chocolate candy sales. What was the total...

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Q: Ring sizes typically range from about 3 to about 14. Based

Ring sizes typically range from about 3 to about 14. Based on what you know about gender differences, if we randomly select a person, are the event that the ring size is smaller than 5 and the event t...

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Q: Refer to the table in Exercise 5.41. Suppose a

Refer to the table in Exercise 5.41. Suppose a person is randomly selected from this group. Is being female independent of answering “Hasn’t Gone Far Enough”?

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Q: Assume a person is selected randomly from the group of people represented

Assume a person is selected randomly from the group of people represented in the table in exercise 5.41. The probability the person says “Hasn’t Gone Far Enough” given that the person is a woman is 57...

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Q: When people fold their hands together with interlocking fingers, most people

When people fold their hands together with interlocking fingers, most people are more comfortable with one of two ways. In one way, the right thumb ends up on top, and in the other way, the left thumb...

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Q: When two dice are rolled, is the event “the first

When two dice are rolled, is the event “the first die shows a 1 on top” independent of the event “the second die shows a 1 on top”?

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Q: A 2018 Pew Research Center report asked people who got their news

A 2018 Pew Research Center report asked people who got their news from television which television sector they relied on primarily for their news: local TV, network TV, or cable TV. The results were u...

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Q: Using the table in exercise 5.53, determine whether being

Using the table in exercise 5.53, determine whether being female is independent of choice of local TV. Explain your answer in the context of this problem.

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