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1.
The mean gas mileage for a hybrid car is 56 miles per
gallon. Suppose that the gasoline mileage is approximately
normally distributed with a standard deviation of 3.2 miles per
gallon.
2.
What conditions must n satisfy to make the x2 test valid?
How may variance and standard deviation be applied to a realworld business-related problem? Provide a specific application in
which these measures are useful.
When would you use Chebyshevs theorem and the empirical rule
in business? How are they calculated? Provide one real-life
example that requires Chebyshevs theorem and one that requires
the empirical rule.
1.
What is statistics?
2.
Explain the difference between descriptive and inferential
statistics.
3.
Explain the difference between qualitative and quantitative
data.
1.
A random sample of 87 observations produced a mean = 25.7
and a standard deviation s = 2.6.
2.
Health care workers who use latex gloves with glove powder on
a daily basis are particularly susceptible to developing a latex allergy.
Each in a sample of 50 hospital employees who were diagnosed with
a latex allergy based on a skin-prick test reported on their exposure
to latex gloves. Summary statistics for thr number of latex gloves
used per week are = 19.4 and s = 11.6. Complete parts (a) (d).
Chapter 5:
Ex 4) A large company must hire a new president. The Board of
Directors prepares a list of five candidates, all of whom are equally
qualified. Two of these candidates are members of a minority
group. To avoid bias in the selection of the candidate, the
company decides to select the president by lottery.
2.
A university economist conducted a study of elementary
school lunch menus. During the state-mandated testing period,
school lunches averaged 890 calories. The economist claimed that
after the testing period ended, the average caloric content of the
school lunches increased/dropped significantly. Set up the null and
alternative hypothesis to test the economists claim.
1.
Researchers conducted a survey of a representative sample
of over 1,000 drivers. Based on how often each driver engaged in
road behaviour, a road rage score was given. The drivers were
also grouped by annual income. The data were subjected to an
analysis of variance, with the results summarized in the table.
Chapter 10:
Ex 2) A Sample of 36 observations is selected from a normal
population. The sample mean is 12, and the population standard
deviation is 3. Conduct the following test of hypothesis using the
0.01 significance level.
1.
Consider the pairs of measurements shown to the right.
2.
Researchers investigated the effect of tablet surface area to
volume on the rate at which a drug is released in a controlledrelease dosage. For six similarly shaped tablets with different
weights
Chapter 13:
Ex 6) The owner of Maumee Ford-Mercury-Volvo wants to study
the relationship between the age of a car and its selling price.
Listed below is a random sample of 12 used cars sold at the
dealership during the last year.
Chapter 18: EX.2) Listed Below is the number of movie tickets sold
at the Library Cinema-Complex, in thousands, for the period from
2001 to 2013. Compute a five-year weighted moving average
using weights of 0.15, 0.15, 0.25, 0.16, and 0.29, respectively.