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> Wildlife biologists inspect 153 deer taken by hunters and find 32 of them carrying ticks that test positive for Lyme disease. 1. Create a 90% confidence interval for the percentage of deer that may carry such ticks. 2. If the scientists want to cut the m

> Inc. reported that 74% of 1644 randomly selected college freshmen returned to college the next year. The study was stratified by type of college public or private. The retention rates were 71.9% among 505 students enrolled in public colleges and 74.9% am

> In January 2014 AP-GfK polled 1060 U.S. adults to find if people were more concerned with privacy or security. Privacy concerns outweighed concerns about being safe from terrorists for 646 out of the 1060 polled. Of the 1060 adults, about 180 are 65 and

> A 2011 Gallup Poll found that 76% of Americans believe that high achieving high school students should be recruited to become teachers. This poll was based on a random sample of 1002 Americans. 1. Find a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of Amer

> Vitamin D, whether ingested as a dietary supplement or produced naturally when sunlight falls on the skin, is essential for strong, healthy bones. The bone disease rickets was largely eliminated in England during the 1950s, but now there is concern that

> A city ballot includes a local initiative that would legalize gambling. The issue is hotly contested, and two groups decide to conduct polls to predict the outcome. The local newspaper finds that 53% of 1200 randomly selected voters plan to vote yes, whi

> The histogram shows the distribution of the prices of plain pizza slices (in $) for 156 weeks in Dallas, TX. Which summary statistics would you choose to summarize the center and spread in these data? Why?

> In the survey on the death penalty you read about in the Step-by-Step Example, the Gallup Poll actually split the sample at random, asking 510 respondents the question quoted earlier, Generally speaking, do you believe the death penalty is applied fairly

> The mayor of a small city has suggested that the state locate a new prison there, arguing that the construction project and resulting jobs will be good for the local economy. A total of 183 residents show up for a public hearing on the proposal, and a sh

> Some food retailers propose subjecting food to a low level of radiation in order to improve safety, but sale of such irradiated food is opposed by many people. Suppose a grocer wants to find out what his customers think. He has cashiers distribute survey

> Junk mail Direct mail advertisers send solicitations (a.k.a. junk mail) to thousands of potential customers in the hope that some will buy the company product. The acceptance rate is usually quite low. Suppose a company wants to test the response to a ne

> An insurance company checks police records on 582 accidents selected at random and notes that teenagers were at the wheel in 91 of them. 1. Create a 95% confidence interval for the percentage of all auto accidents that involve teenage drivers. 2. Explain

> First USA, a major credit card company, is planning a new offer for their current cardholders. The offer will give double airline miles on purchases for the next 6 months if the cardholder goes online and registers for the offer. To test the effectivenes

> The Paralyzed Veterans of America is a philanthropic organization that relies on contributions. They send free mailing labels and greeting cards to potential donors on their list and ask for a voluntary contribution. To test a new campaign, they recently

> The Pew Research poll described in Exercise 5 found that 56% of a sample of 1060 teens go online several times a day. (Treat this as a Simple Random Sample.) 1. Find the margin of error for this poll if we want 95% confidence in our estimate of the perce

> In a poll taken in December 2012, Gallup asked 1006 national adults whether they were baseball fans; 48% said they were. Almost five years earlier, in February 2008, only 35% of a similar-size sample had reported being baseball fans. 1. Find the margin o

> A Consumer Reports study similar to the one described in Exercise 31 found that 12 of the 22 red snapper packages tested were a different kind of fish. 1. Are the conditions for creating a confidence interval satisfied? Explain. 2. Construct a 95% confid

> Using the data from Exercise 56, write up a short report describing the distribution of the number of deaths in the United States from tornadoes during this time period

> In 2013 the environmental group Oceana (usa.oceana.org) analyzed 1215 samples of seafood purchased across the United States and genetically compared the pieces to standard gene fragments that can identify the species. Laboratory results indicated that 33

> A study of 902 decisions (to grant parole or not) made by the Nebraska Board of Parole produced the following computer output. Assuming these cases are representative of all cases that may come before the Board, what can you conclude? z-Interval for prop

> What fraction of cars made in Japan? The computer output below summarizes the results of a random sample of 50 autos. Explain carefully what it tells you. z-Interval for proportion With 90.00% confidence,0.29938661

> Several factors are involved in the creation of a confidence interval. Among them are the sample size, the level of confidence, and the margin of error. Which statements are true? 1. For a given sample size, reducing the margin of error will mean lower c

> Several factors are involved in the creation of a confidence interval. Among them are the sample size, the level of confidence, and the margin of error. Which statements are true? 1. For a given sample size, higher confidence means a smaller margin of er

> In January 2002, two students made worldwide headlines by spinning a Belgian euro 250 times and getting 140 heads that 56%. That makes the 90% confidence interval (51%, 61%). What does this mean? Are these conclusions correct? Explain. 1. Between 51% and

> A catalog sales company promises to deliver orders placed on the Internet within 3 days. Follow-up calls to a few randomly selected customers show that a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all orders that arrive on time is 88%±6%. What does t

> Consider each situation described. Identify the population and the sample, explain what p and p^ represent, and tell whether the methods of this chapter can be used to create a confidence interval. 1. A consumer group hoping to assess customer experience

> For each situation described below, identify the population and the sample, explain what p and p^ represent, and tell whether the methods of this chapter can be used to create a confidence interval. 1. Police set up an auto checkpoint at which drivers ar

> A medical researcher estimates the percentage of children exposed to lead-based paint, adding that he believes his estimate has a margin of error of about 3%. Explain what the margin of error means.

> Using the data from Exercise 55, write a short report describing the distribution of the number of deaths in the United States from floods during this time period.

> A TV newscaster reports the results of a poll of voters, and then says, The margin of error is plus or minus 4%. Explain carefully what that means.

> In an effort to improve the quality of their cell phones, a manufacturing manager records the number of faulty phones in each day production run. The manager notices that the number of faulty cell phones in a production run of cell phones is usually smal

> A website manager has noticed that during the evening hours, about 3 people per minute check out from their shopping cart and make an online purchase. She believes that each purchase is independent of the others and wants to model the number of purchases

> The archer in Exercise 56 continues shooting arrows, ending up with 45 bull-eyes in 50 shots. Now are you convinced that the new bow is better? Explain.

> The basketball player in Exercise 55 has new sneakers, which he thinks improve his game. Over his past 40 shots, he made 32 much better than the 55% he usually shoots. Do you think his chances of making a shot really increased? In other words, is making

> The archer in Exercise 30 purchases a new bow, hoping that it will improve her success rate to more than 80% bull-eyes. She is delighted when she first tests her new bow and hits 6 consecutive bull-eyes. Do you think this is compelling evidence that the

> A basketball player who ordinarily makes about 55% of his free throw shots has made 4 in a row. Is this evidence that he has a hot hand tonight? That is, is this streak so unusual that it means the probability he makes a shot must have changed? Explain.

> A true false test consists of 50 questions. How many does a student have to get right to convince you that he is not merely guessing? Explain.

> Scientists wish to test the mind-reading ability of a person who claims to have ESP. They use five cards with different and distinctive symbols (square, circle, triangle, line, squiggle). Someone picks a card at random and thinks about the symbol. The mi

> Vitamin D is essential for strong, healthy bones. Our bodies produce vitamin D naturally when sunlight falls upon the skin, or it can be taken as a dietary supplement. Although the bone disease rickets was largely eliminated in England during the 1950s,

> Here are the annual numbers of deaths from tornadoes in the United States from 1995 through 2015: 30, 25, 67, 130, 94, 41, 40, 55, 54, 35, 38, 67, 81, 126, 21, 45, 553, 70, 55, 47, 36 Find these statistics: 1. mean 2. median and quartiles 3. range and IQ

> Police estimate that 80% of drivers now wear their seatbelts. They set up a safety roadblock, stopping cars to check for seatbelt use. 1. How many cars do they expect to stop before finding a driver whose seatbelt is not buckled? 2. What the probability

> Suppose the probability of a major earthquake on a given day is 1 out of 10,000. 1. What the expected number of major earthquakes in the next 1000 days? 2. Use the Poisson model to approximate the probability that there will be at least one major earthqu

> Worldwide, tuberculosis is the number-one cause of death from an infectious disease. But the majority of cases are in developing countries. In the U.S., the probability of contracting TB is small, with p about 0.0005 for a new case in a given year. In a

> I am the only bank teller on duty at my local bank. I need to run out for 10 minutes, but I don’t want to miss any customers. Suppose the arrival of customers can be modeled by a Poisson distribution with mean 2 customers per hour. 1. What the probabilit

> We have looked at various facts about hurricanes in previous chapters. Suppose we find that the arrivals of hurricanes can be modeled by a Poisson distribution with mean 2.45. 1. What the probability of no hurricanes next year? 2. What the probability th

> Shortly after the introduction of the euro coin in Belgium, newspapers around the world published articles claiming the coin is biased. The stories were based on reports that someone had spun the coin 250 times and gotten 140 heads that 56% heads. Do you

> A newly hired telemarketer is told he will probably make a sale on about 12% of his phone calls. The first week he called 200 people, but only made 10 sales. Should he suspect he was misled about the true success rate? Explain.

> An airline, believing that 5% of passengers fail to show up for flights, overbooks (sells more tickets than there are seats). Suppose a plane will hold 265 passengers, and the airline sells 275 tickets. What the probability the airline will not have enou

> A lecture hall has 200 seats with folding arm tablets, 30 of which are designed for left-handers. The average size of classes that meet there is 188, and we can assume that about 13% of students are left-handed. What the probability that a right-handed s

> Here are the annual numbers of deaths from floods in the United States from 1995 through 2015: 80, 131, 118, 136, 68, 38, 48, 49, 86, 82, 43, 76, 87, 82, 56, 103, 113, 29, 82, 38, 176 Find these statistics: 1. mean 2. median and quartiles 3. range and IQ

> An orchard owner knows that he’ll have to use about 6% of the apples he harvests for cider because they will have bruises or blemishes. He expects a tree to produce about 300 apples. 1. Describe an appropriate model for the number of cider apples that ma

> The archer in Exercise 30 will be shooting 200 arrows in a large competition. 1. What are the mean and standard deviation of the number of bull-eyes she might get? 2. Is a Normal model appropriate here? Explain. 3. Use the 68 95 99.7 Rule to describe the

> Suppose the tennis player in Exercise 37 serves 80 times in a match. 1. What are the mean and standard deviation of the number of good first serves expected? 2. Verify that you can use a Normal model to approximate the distribution of the number of good

> A wildlife biologist examines frogs for a genetic trait he suspects may be linked to sensitivity to industrial toxins in the environment. Previous research had established that this trait is usually found in 1 of every 8 frogs. He collects and examines a

> A certain tennis player makes a successful first serve 70% of the time. Assume that each serve is independent of the others. If she serves 6 times, what the probability she gets 1. all 6 serves in? 2. exactly 4 serves in? 3. at least 4 serves in? 4. no m

> At a certain college, 6% of all students come from outside the United States. Incoming students there are assigned at random to freshman dorms, where students live in residential clusters of 40 freshmen sharing a common lounge area. How many internationa

> It is generally believed that nearsightedness affects about 12% of all children. A school district tests the vision of 169 incoming kindergarten children. How many would you expect to be nearsighted? With what standard deviation?

> Suppose the archer from Exercise 30 shoots 10 arrows. 1. Find the mean and standard deviation of the number of bull-eyes she may get. 2. What the probability that she never misses? 3. What the probability that there are no more than 8 bull-eyes? 4. What

> Suppose we choose 12 people instead of the 5 chosen in Exercise 29 . 1. Find the mean and standard deviation of the number of right-handers in the group. 2. What the probability that they’re not all right-handed? 3. What the probability that there are no

> Consider our archer from Exercise 30 . 1. How many bull-eyes do you expect her to get? 2. With what standard deviation? 3. If she keeps shooting arrows until she hits the bull-eye, how long do you expect it will take?

> Here are the number of domestic flights flown in each year from 2000 to 2016 (www.transtats.bts.gov/homepage.asp): a) Find the correlation of Flights with Year. b) Make a scatterplot and describe the trend. c) Why is the correlation you found in part a n

> Consider our group of 5 people from Exercise 29 . 1. How many lefties do you expect? 2. With what standard deviation? 3. If we keep picking people until we find a lefty, how long do you expect it will take?

> An Olympic archer is able to hit the bull-eye 80% of the time. Assume each shot is independent of the others. If she shoots 6 arrows, what the probability of each of the following results? 1. Her first bull-eye comes on the third arrow. 2. She misses the

> Assume that 13% of people are left-handed. If we select 5 people at random, find the probability of each outcome. 1. The first lefty is the fifth person chosen. 2. There are some lefties among the 5 people. 3. The first lefty is the second or third perso

> An American roulette wheel has 38 slots, of which 18 are red, 18 are black, and 2 are green (0 and 00). If you spin the wheel 38 times, 1. Intuitively, how many times would you expect the ball to wind up in a green slot? 2. Use the formula for expected v

> If you flip a fair coin 100 times, 1. Intuitively, how many heads do you expect? 2. Use the formula for expected value to verify your intuition.

> About 8% of males are color-blind. A researcher needs some color-blind subjects for an experiment and begins checking potential subjects. 1. On average, how many men should the researcher expect to check to find one who is color-blind? 2. What the probab

> Only 4% of people have Type AB blood. 1. On average, how many donors must be checked to find someone with Type AB blood? 2. What the probability that there is a Type AB donor among the first 5 people checked? 3. What the probability that the first Type A

> Justine works for an organization committed to raising money for Alzheimer research. From past experience, the organization knows that about 20% of all potential donors will agree to give something if contacted by phone. They also know that of all people

> Raaj works at the customer service call center of a major credit card bank. Cardholders call for a variety of reasons, but regardless of their reason for calling, if they hold a platinum card, Raaj is instructed to offer them a double-miles promotion. Ab

> For the computer chips described in Exercise 20 , how many do you expect to test before finding a bad one?

> On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted that Pluto is not a planet. Some members of the public have been reluctant to accept that decision. Let look at some of the data. Is there any pattern to the locations of the planets? The tab

> For the basketball player in Exercise 19 , what the expected number of shots until he misses?

> Suppose a computer chip manufacturer rejects 2% of the chips produced because they fail presale testing. 1. What the probability that the fifth chip you test is the first bad one you find? 2. What the probability you find a bad one within the first 10 yo

> A basketball player has made 80% of his foul shots during the season. Assuming the shots are independent, find the probability that in tonight game he 1. misses for the first time on his fifth attempt. 2. makes his first basket on his fourth shot. 3. mak

> A Department of Transportation report about air travel found that airlines misplace about 5 bags per 1000 passengers. Suppose you are traveling with a group of people who have checked 22 pieces of luggage on your flight. Can you consider the fate of thes

> A Department of Transportation report about air travel found that, nationwide, 76% of all flights are on time. Suppose you are at the airport and your flight is one of 50 scheduled to take off in the next two hours. Can you consider these departures to b

> Suppose 75% of all drivers always wear their seatbelts. Let investigate how many of the drivers might be belted among five cars waiting at a traffic light. 1. Describe how you would simulate the number of seatbelt-wearing drivers among the five cars. 2.

> Let take one last look at the Hope Solo picture search. You know her picture is in 20% of the cereal boxes. You buy five boxes to see how many pictures of Hope you might get. 1. Describe how you would simulate the number of pictures of Hope you might fin

> You are one space short of winning a child board game and must roll a 1 on a die to claim victory. You want to know how many rolls it might take. 1. Describe how you would simulate rolling the die until you get a 1. 2. Run at least 30 trials. 3. Based on

> Think about the Hope Solo picture search again. You are opening boxes of cereal one at a time looking for her picture, which is in 20% of the boxes. You want to know how many boxes you might have to open in order to find Hope. 1. Describe how you would s

> Find the expected value of each random variable:

> The Minnesota Department of Transportation hoped that they could measure the weights of big trucks without actually stopping the vehicles by using a newly developed weight-in-motion scale. To see if the new device was accurate, they conducted a calibrati

> The Atlas Body Building Company (ABC) sells starter sets of barbells that consist of one bar, two 20-pound weights, and four 5-pound weights. The bars weigh an average of 10 pounds with a standard deviation of 0.25 pounds. The weights average the specifi

> At a certain coffee shop, all the customers buy a cup of coffee; some also buy a doughnut. The shop owner believes that the number of cups he sells each day is Normally distributed with a mean of 320 cups and a standard deviation of 20 cups. He also beli

> The bicycle shop in Exercise 50 will be offering 2 specially priced children models at a sidewalk sale. The basic model will sell for $120 and the deluxe model for $150. Past experience indicates that sales of the basic model will have a mean of 5.4 bike

> A farmer has 100 lb of apples and 50 lb of potatoes for sale. The market price for apples (per pound) each day is a random variable with a mean of 0.5 dollars and a standard deviation of 0.2 dollars. Similarly, for a pound of potatoes, the mean price is

> Bicycles arrive at a bike shop in boxes. Before they can be sold, they must be unpacked, assembled, and tuned (lubricated, adjusted, etc.). Based on past experience, the shop manager makes the following assumptions about how long this may take: The times

> In the 4—100 medley relay event, four swimmers swim 100 yards, each using a different stroke. A college team preparing for the conference championship looks at the times their swimmers have posted and creates a model based on the follow

> You’re thinking about getting two dogs and a cat. Assume that annual veterinary expenses are independent and have a Normal model with the means and standard deviations described in Exercise 46 . 1. Define appropriate variables and express the total annua

> In Exercise 45 we poured a large and a small bowl of cereal from a box. Suppose the amount of cereal that the manufacturer puts in the boxes is a random variable with mean 16.2 ounces and standard deviation 0.1 ounces. 1. Find the expected amount of cere

> The American Veterinary Association claims that the annual cost of medical care for dogs averages $100, with a standard deviation of $30, and for cats averages $120, with a standard deviation of $35. 1. What the expected difference in the cost of medical

> The amount of cereal that can be poured into a small bowl varies with a mean of 1.5 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.3 ounces. A large bowl holds a mean of 2.5 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.4 ounces. You open a new box of cereal and pour one

> For the roller coaster data in Exercise 49: 1. Explain why in looking for a variable that explains rank, you will be hoping for a negative correlation. 2. Do any of the provided variables provide a strong predictor for roller coaster rank?

> A casino knows that people play the slot machines in hopes of hitting the jackpot but that most of them lose their dollar. Suppose a certain machine pays out an average of $0.92, with a standard deviation of $120. 1. Why is the standard deviation so larg

> An insurance company estimates that it should make an annual profit of $150 on each homeowner policy written, with a standard deviation of $6000. 1. Why is the standard deviation so large? 2. If it writes only two of these policies, what are the mean and

> Organizers of a televised fundraiser know from past experience that most people donate small amounts ($10 $25), some donate larger amounts ($50 $100), and a few people make very generous donations of $250, $500, or more. Historically, pledges average abo

> A delivery company trucks occasionally get parking tickets, and based on past experience, the company plans that each truck will average 1.3 tickets a month, with a standard deviation of 0.7 tickets. 1. If they have 18 trucks, what are the mean and stand

> Find the mean and standard deviation of the number of red lights the commuter in Exercise 24 should expect to hit on her way to work during a 5-day work week.

> Find the mean and standard deviation of the number of repair calls the appliance shop in Exercise 23 should expect during an 8-hour day.