Questions from Statistics


Q: In California, about 92% of teens who take the written

In California, about 92% of teens who take the written driver’s exam fail the first time they take it (www.teendrivingcourse.com). Suppose that Sam and Maria are randomly selected teenagers taking the...

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Q: In 2017 the Pew Research Center asked young adults aged 18 to

In 2017 the Pew Research Center asked young adults aged 18 to 29 about their media habits. When asked, “What is the primary way you watch television?” 61% said online streaming service, 31% said cable...

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Q: In 2016 the Pew Research Center asked a sample of American adults

In 2016 the Pew Research Center asked a sample of American adults which of the following they had done in the previous 12 months: read a book in any format, read a print book, read an e-book, and list...

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Q: A 2018 Marist poll found that interest in baseball has been declining

A 2018 Marist poll found that interest in baseball has been declining recently in the United States. A random sample of U.S. adults were asked how much baseball they intended to watch this season. The...

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Q: If we flip a coin 10 times, what percentage of the

If we flip a coin 10 times, what percentage of the time will the coin land on heads? A first step to answering this question is to simulate 10 flips. Use the random number table in Appendix A to si...

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Q: Suppose you are carrying out a randomized experiment to test if there

Suppose you are carrying out a randomized experiment to test if there is a difference in the amount of information remembered between students who take notes using a computer versus those who take not...

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Q: A Monopoly player claims that the probability of getting a 4 when

A Monopoly player claims that the probability of getting a 4 when rolling a six-sided die is 1/6 because the die is equally likely to land on any of the six sides. Is this an example of an empirical p...

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Q: A person was trying to figure out the probability of getting two

A person was trying to figure out the probability of getting two heads when flipping two coins. He flipped two coins 10 times, and in 2 of these 10 times, both coins landed heads. On the basis of this...

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Q: The projected U.S. population is given for different decades

The projected U.S. population is given for different decades. The projected number of people 65 years of age or older is also given. Find the percentage of people 65 or over and comment on the trend o...

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Q: A student flips a coin 10 times and sees that it landed

A student flips a coin 10 times and sees that it landed on tails 4 times. Based on this, the student says that the probability of getting a tail is 40%. Is the student referring to an empirical probab...

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