Questions from Statistics

Q: An instructor asks a class of 120 students how many hours they

An instructor asks a class of 120 students how many hours they slept during the previous night. What shape do you think this distribution will have? Explain.

Q: A group of 80 drivers in a large city is asked for

A group of 80 drivers in a large city is asked for the number of parking tickets they received in the previous month. What shape do you think this distribution will have? Explain.

Q: According to the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, a person’s arm span

According to the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, a person’s arm span (the distance from fingertip to fingertip with the arms stretched wide) is approximately equal to his or her height. For example...