Mind on Statistics
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ISBN: 9781285463186
Author: Jessica M. Utts, Robert F. Heckard
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.6E
Using Case Study 1.6 as an example, explain the difference between a population and a sample.
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Ch. 1 - Refer to the data and five-number summaries given...Ch. 1 - A five-number summary for the heights in inches of...Ch. 1 - In recent years, Vietnamese American women have...Ch. 1 - The risk of getting lung cancer at some point in...Ch. 1 - Refer to Case Study 1.3, in which teens were asked...Ch. 1 - Using Case Study 1.6 as an example, explain the...Ch. 1 - A CBS News poll taken in December 2009, asked a...Ch. 1 - A telephone survey of 2000 Canadians conducted...Ch. 1 - In Case Study 1.3, the margin of error for the...Ch. 1 - About how many people would need to be in a random...
Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.11ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.12ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.13ECh. 1 - For each of the studies described, explain whether...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.15ECh. 1 - Suppose that an observational study showed that...Ch. 1 - A randomized experiment was done in which...Ch. 1 - Explain the distinction between statistical...Ch. 1 - A (hypothetical) study of what people do in their...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.20ECh. 1 - Refer to Case Study 1.6, in which the relationship...Ch. 1 - Students in a statistics class at Penn State were...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.23ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.24ECh. 1 - An article in the magazine Science (Service, 1994)...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.26ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.27ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.28ECh. 1 - Refer to the study in Exercise 1.28, in which...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.30ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.31ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.32ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.33ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.34ECh. 1 - Refer to Exercise 1.33. The Roper Organization...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.36ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.37ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.38ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.39ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.40ECh. 1 - Prob. 1.41ECh. 1 - Suppose you were to read the following news story:...Ch. 1 - Refer to Case Study 1.5. Explain what mistakes...Ch. 1 - Refer to Case Study 1.6. Go through the five steps...
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