Questions from Statistics


Q: Refer to the following figure. a. After a large

Refer to the following figure. a. After a large number of flips, the overall proportion of heads “settles down” to nearly what value? b. Approximately how many coin...

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Q: Betty and Jane are gambling. They are cutting cards (picking

Betty and Jane are gambling. They are cutting cards (picking a random place in the deck to see a card). Whoever has the higher card wins the bet. If the cards have the same value (for example, they ar...

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Q: Consider two pairs of grandparents. The first pair has 4 grandchildren

Consider two pairs of grandparents. The first pair has 4 grandchildren, and the second pair has 32 grand-children. Which of the two pairs is more likely to have between 40% and 60% boys as grandchildr...

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Q: If you flip a fair coin repeatedly and the first four results

If you flip a fair coin repeatedly and the first four results are tails, are you more likely to get heads on the next flip, more likely to get tails again, or equally likely to get heads or tails?

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Q: The graph shows the average when a six-sided die is

The graph shows the average when a six-sided die is rolled repeatedly. For example, if the first two rolls resulted in a 6 and a 2, the average would be 4. If the next trial resulted in a 1, the new a...

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Q: A jury is supposed to represent the population. We wish to

A jury is supposed to represent the population. We wish to perform a simulation to determine an empirical probability that a jury of 12 people has 5 or fewer women. Assume that about 50% of the popula...

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Q: The accompanying table gives the population (in hundred thousands) and

The accompanying table gives the population (in hundred thousands) and number of people not covered by health insurance (in hundred thousands) for the United States. Find the percentage of people not...

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Q: Some estimates say that 10% of the population is left-

Some estimates say that 10% of the population is left-handed. We wish to design a simulation to find an empirical probability that if five babies are born on a single day, one or more will be left-han...

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Q: a. Explain how you could use a random number table (

a. Explain how you could use a random number table (or the random numbers generated by software or a calculator) to simulate rolling a fair four-sided die 20 times. Assume you are interested in the pr...

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Q: a. Explain how you could use a random number table to

a. Explain how you could use a random number table to simulate rolling a fair six-sided die 20 times. Assume you wish to find the probability of rolling a 1. Then report a line or two of the random nu...

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