Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5.4, Problem 5.44ACB
Do social robots walk or roll? Refer to the International Conference on Social Robotics (Vol. 6414, 201 0) study of the trend in the design of social robots, Exercise 2.5 (p. 48). The researchers obtained a random sample of 106 social robots through a Web search and determined the number that were designed with legs, but no wheels. Let
- a. Give the
mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of - b. Describe the shape of the sampling distribution of
- c. Find
- d. Recall that the researchers found that 63 of the 106 robots were built with legs only. Does this result cast doubt on the assumption that 40% of all social robots are designed with legs, but no wheels? Explain.
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According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sponsored by the U.S. government, a random sample of 712 males between 20 and 29 years of age and a random sample of 1,001 males over the age of 75 were chosen and the weight of each of the males were recorded (in kg). Do the data provide evidence that the younger male population weighs more (on average) than the older male population? Use “Y” for ages 20-29 and “S” for ages 75+. It was found that x̅Y=83.4, sY=18.7, x̅S=78.5, and sS=19.0.
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B)What is the parameter of interest?
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Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
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