Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (with XLSTAT Education Edition Printed Access Card)
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ISBN: 9780357191484
Author: David R. Anderson; Dennis J. Sweeney; Thomas A. Williams
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 4.1, Problem 11E
Tri-State Smokers. A Gallup Poll of U.S. adults indicated that Kentucky is the state with the highest percentage of smokers (Gallup website). Consider the following example data from the Tri-State region, an area that comprises northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana, and southwestern Ohio.
- a. Use the data to compute the
probability that an adult in the Tri-State region smokes. - b. What is the probability of an adult in each state of the Tri-State region being a smoker? Which state in the Tri-State region has the lowest probability of an adult being a smoker?
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Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (with XLSTAT Education Edition Printed Access Card)
Ch. 4.1 - 1. An experiment has three steps with three...Ch. 4.1 - 2. How many ways can three items be selected from...Ch. 4.1 - 3. How many permutations of three items can be...Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 4.1 - 5. Suppose an experiment has five equally likely...Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 6ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 7ECh. 4.1 - 8. In the city of Milford, applications for zoning...Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 9ECh. 4.1 - 10. The following table shows the percentage of...
Ch. 4.1 - Tri-State Smokers. A Gallup Poll of U.S. adults...Ch. 4.1 - 12. The Powerball lottery is played twice each...Ch. 4.1 - 13. A company that manufactures toothpaste is...Ch. 4.2 - 14. An experiment has four equally likely...Ch. 4.2 - 15. Consider the experiment of selecting a playing...Ch. 4.2 - 16. Consider the experiment of rolling a pair of...Ch. 4.2 - 17. Refer to the KP&L sample points and sample...Ch. 4.2 - Prob. 18ECh. 4.2 - 19. Do you think global warming will have an...Ch. 4.2 - 20. Junior Achievement USA and the Allstate...Ch. 4.2 - 21. Data on U.S. work-related fatalities by cause...Ch. 4.3 - 22. Suppose that we have a sample space with five...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 23ECh. 4.3 - Prob. 24ECh. 4.3 - 25. The Eco Pulse survey from the marketing...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 26ECh. 4.3 - Social Media Use. A marketing firm would like to...Ch. 4.3 - 28. A survey of magazine subscribers showed that...Ch. 4.3 - 29. High school seniors with strong academic...Ch. 4.4 - 30. Suppose that we have two events, A and B, with...Ch. 4.4 - 31. Assume that we have two events, A and B, that...Ch. 4.4 - Living with Family. Consider the following example...Ch. 4.4 -
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