Questions from Statistics


Q: Using carbon dating, one sculpture is found to be 1000 years

Using carbon dating, one sculpture is found to be 1000 years old while a second sculpture is found to be 500 years old, so the first sculpture is twice as old as the second.

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Q: When a male and female engage in speed dating, the female

When a male and female engage in speed dating, the female rates how much she likes the male by using a scale from 1 to 10. One female rates two different males as 8 and 4.

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Q: An actor given a salary of $2 million for a movie

An actor given a salary of $2 million for a movie is twice as good as another actor given a salary of $1 million for the same movie.

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Q: A person with an SAT score of 2200 is twice as qualified

A person with an SAT score of 2200 is twice as qualified for college as a person with a score of 1100.

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Q: Running times of winning horses in the annual Kentucky Derby race.

Running times of winning horses in the annual Kentucky Derby race.

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Q: The numbers 12, 74, 77, 76, 73,

The numbers 12, 74, 77, 76, 73, 78, 88, 19, 9 23, and 25 were sewn on the jerseys of the starting offense for the New Orleans Saints when they won a Super Bowl football game.

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Q: The colors of plain M&M candies.

The colors of plain M&M candies.

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Q: Seniority of each agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation is based

Seniority of each agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation is based on the length of time that has passed since the agent was first hired.

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Q: The years in which FBI agents were hired (such as 2000

The years in which FBI agents were hired (such as 2000, 1995, 2016) are used to determine their pension plans.

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Q: In a survey of 1002 people, 701 (or 70%)

In a survey of 1002 people, 701 (or 70%) said that they voted in the last presidential election (based on data from ICR Research Group). The margin of error for this survey was 3 percentage points. Ho...

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