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A trucking company has determined that on an annual basis the distance travelled per truck is normally distributed with a mean of 50.0 thousand kilometres and a standard deviation of 12.0 thousand k
If both machines produced parts that had the same average length, what other consideration regarding the lengths would be important? Why?
A light bulb is advertised as lasting an average of 1000 hours with a standard deviation of 150 hours. Find the probability of buying a light bulb that will last between 850 and 1250 hours. Assume t
Suppose that the time between scores follows an exponential distribution. The probability is 90% that we would have to wait how long or less to see a score by either team?
120 buses were, on the average, 9.45 minutes late during rush hour, with a standard deviation of 1.84 minutes. At 99% confidence, what is the error of the estimate?
A football team consists of 20 black and 20 white players. If the pairing is done at random, what is the probability that there are no white-black roommate pairs?
Construct a frequency distribution of the sample mean, and plot a histogram of this distribution. Use the central limit theorem to calculate and identify the sampling distribution of the sample mean
How many participants need to be enrolled in each group to have a 90% chance of detecting a significant difference using a two sided test with α =0.05 if compliance is perfect?
Flaws in a certain type of drapery material appear on the average of three in 250 square feet. If we assume the Poisson distribution, find the probability of at most one flaw in 450 Square feet.
Assume that respondents had been asked for party affiliation in a poll. THe responses were coded as 0 (for democra), 1 (for republican), 2 (for independent), or 3 (for any other response).
Suppose that a substrate is the built from layers so that its thickness is the sum of the thicknesses of each layer. The thickness of each layer has the following means and standard deviations. What
Compute an independent-samples t-test on these data. Report the t-value and the p values. Where the results significant?
The premium for insurance covering total loss is $12,000. Will the insurance company make a profit (on average) given the homeowner's choice?"
A 100 kg quarterback is traveling 5 m/s and is stopped by a tackler in 1 s. Calculate (a) the initial momentum of the quarterback, (b) the impulse imparted by the tackler, and (c) the average force
Suppose you select a sample of 400 students at your school, and the population proportion of productivity enhances is .08. What is the probability that in the sample, fewer than 10% of the students wi
Based on a P-value of 0.0248 the researchers concluded there was evidence that low birth weights may be a risk factor for susceptibility to depression. Explain in context what the reported P-value m
Using z-scores, a population with m = 37 and s = 6 is standardized so that the new mean is m = 50 and s = 10. How does an individual's z-score in the new distribution compare with his/her z-score in
Also, the sample data appear to have a bell-shaped distribution. Construct the 95% confidence interval for the mean time spent on paperwork by all managers.
Suppose that 1% of a clinic's patients are known to have Lyme disease. A test is developed that is positive in 99% of patients with Lyme disease, but it is also positive in 3% of patients who do not
Zagat's publishes restaurant ratings for various locations in the U.S. The Excel file Restaurants contains the Zagat rating for food. Predict the cost per person for a restaurant with a summated rati
A random sample of 5000 people found that 2000 were unhappy with drive through service at a popular restaurant. What is the value of the sample proportion, p-hat?
Using the finite population correction factor, compute the standard error for each of the three firms given a sample of size 50.
If it was possible to raise the selling price of the program and still sell 500, what would the price have to be for Katherine to break even by selling 500?
Explain why the polls that are so frequently quoted during early returns on Election Day TV coverage are an example of cluster sampling.
What test can be used to test the hypothesis that an increase in amount of sleep will change the number of medical errors per day?