
Concept explainers
(a)
To Explain: the two services overall percentage of late deliveries.
(a)

Explanation of Solution
Given:
Delivery service | type of service | number of deliveries | number of late packages |
Pack Rats | Regular | 400 | 12 |
Overnight | 100 | 16 | |
Boxes R us | Regular | 100 | 2 |
Overnight | 400 | 28 |
Calculation:
For pack rats services
Total number of deliveries 400+100=500
Number of late package 12+16=28
Late deliveries for pack rats
For Boxes R US services
Total number of deliveries 400+100=500
Number of late packages 2+28=30
Therefore the overall percentage of late delivery is slightly lower for Pack Rats service (5.6%) in comparison to Boxes R US service (6%).
(b)
To Explain: that pack rats delivers on time more often, agree or not.
(b)

Explanation of Solution
Given:
Delivery service | type of service | number of deliveries | number of late packages |
Pack Rats | Regular | 400 | 12 |
Overnight | 100 | 16 | |
Boxes R us | Regular | 100 | 2 |
Overnight | 400 | 28 |
By seeing the part (a), it is observed that it could conclude that pack rats deliver more often on time but there is difference between the late deliveries of packages.
(c)
To find: the phenomenon of the result here are an instance.
(c)

Explanation of Solution
Given:
Delivery service | type of service | number of deliveries | number of late packages |
Pack Rats | Regular | 400 | 12 |
Overnight | 100 | 16 | |
Boxes R us | Regular | 100 | 2 |
Overnight | 400 | 28 |
By seeing the result, it is observed that the results are an instance of Simpson’s Paradox phenomenon.
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