Bundle: Understanding Basic Statistics, Loose-leaf Version, 8th + WebAssign Printed Access Card, Single-Term
Bundle: Understanding Basic Statistics, Loose-leaf Version, 8th + WebAssign Printed Access Card, Single-Term
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781337888981
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
bartleby

Concept explainers

bartleby

Videos

Textbook Question
Book Icon
Chapter 7.3, Problem 32P

Estimating the Standard Deviation: Refrigerator ReplacementConsumer Reports indicated that the average life of a refrigerator before replacement is μ = 14 years with a ( 95 % of data) range from 9 to 19 years. Let x = age at which a refrigerator is replaced. Assume that x has a distribution that is approximately normal.

(a) Find a good approximation for the standard deviation of x values. Hint: See Problem 31.

(b) What is the probability that someone will keep a refrigerator fewer than 11 years before replacement?

(c) What is the probability that someone will keep a refrigerator more than 18 years before replacement?

(d) Inverse Normal Distribution Assume that the average life of a refrigerator is 14 years, with the standard deviation given in part (a) before it breaks. Suppose that a company guarantees refrigerators and will replace a refrigerator that breaks while under guarantee with a new one. However, the company does not want to replace more than 5% of the refrigerators under guarantee. For how long should the guarantee be made (rounded to the nearest tenth of a year)?

Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
T1.4: Let ẞ(G) be the minimum size of a vertex cover, a(G) be the maximum size of an independent set and m(G) = |E(G)|. (i) Prove that if G is triangle free (no induced K3) then m(G) ≤ a(G)B(G). Hints - The neighborhood of a vertex in a triangle free graph must be independent; all edges have at least one end in a vertex cover. (ii) Show that all graphs of order n ≥ 3 and size m> [n2/4] contain a triangle. Hints - you may need to use either elementary calculus or the arithmetic-geometric mean inequality.
We consider the one-period model studied in class as an example. Namely, we assumethat the current stock price is S0 = 10. At time T, the stock has either moved up toSt = 12 (with probability p = 0.6) or down towards St = 8 (with probability 1−p = 0.4).We consider a call option on this stock with maturity T and strike price K = 10. Theinterest rate on the money market is zero.As in class, we assume that you, as a customer, are willing to buy the call option on100 shares of stock for $120. The investor, who sold you the option, can adopt one of thefollowing strategies:ˆ Strategy 1: (seen in class) Buy 50 shares of stock and borrow $380.ˆ Strategy 2: Buy 55 shares of stock and borrow $430.ˆ Strategy 3: Buy 60 shares of stock and borrow $480.ˆ Strategy 4: Buy 40 shares of stock and borrow $280.(a) For each of strategies 2-4, describe the value of the investor’s portfolio at time 0,and at time T for each possible movement of the stock.(b) For each of strategies 2-4, does the investor have…
Negate the following compound statement using De Morgans's laws.

Chapter 7 Solutions

Bundle: Understanding Basic Statistics, Loose-leaf Version, 8th + WebAssign Printed Access Card, Single-Term

Ch. 7.1 - Pain Management: Laser Therapy Effect of...Ch. 7.1 - Expand Your knowledge: Continuous Uniform...Ch. 7.1 - Unifrom Distribution: Measurement Errors...Ch. 7.2 - Statistical Literacy What does a standard score...Ch. 7.2 - Statistical Literacy Does a raw score less than...Ch. 7.2 - Statistical Literacy What is the value of the...Ch. 7.2 - Statistical Literacy What are the values of the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: z Score and Raw Score A normal...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: z Score and Raw Score A normal...Ch. 7.2 - Critical Thinking Consider the following scores:...Ch. 7.2 - Critical Thinking Raul received a score of 80 on a...Ch. 7.2 - z Scores: First Aid Course The college physical...Ch. 7.2 - z Scores: Fawns Fawns between 1 and 5 months old...Ch. 7.2 - z Scores: Red Blood Cell Count Let x = red blood...Ch. 7.2 - Normal Curve: Tree Rings Tree-ring dates were used...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Prob. 22PCh. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Areas Under the...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.2 - Basic Computation: Finding Probabilities In...Ch. 7.3 - Statistical Literacy Consider a normal...Ch. 7.3 - Statistical Literacy Suppose 5% of the area under...Ch. 7.3 - Statistical Literacy Suppose 5% of the area under...Ch. 7.3 - Critical Thinking: Normality Consider the...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find Probabilities In Problems...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Basic Computation: Find zValues In Problems 15-24,...Ch. 7.3 - Medical: Blood Glucose A person's blood glucose...Ch. 7.3 - Medical: Blood Protoplasm Porphyrin is a pigment...Ch. 7.3 - 27 Archaeology: Hopi Village Thickness...Ch. 7.3 - Law Enforcement: Police Response Time Police...Ch. 7.3 - Guarantee: Batteries Quick Start Company makes...Ch. 7.3 - Guarantee: Watches Accrotime is a manufacturer of...Ch. 7.3 - Expand Your Knowledge: Estimating the Standard...Ch. 7.3 - Estimating the Standard Deviation: Refrigerator...Ch. 7.3 - Estimating the Standard Deviation: Veterinary...Ch. 7.3 - Estimating the Standard Deviation: Veterinary...Ch. 7.3 - Insurance: Satellites A relay microchip in a...Ch. 7.4 - Statistical Literacy What is a population? Give...Ch. 7.4 - Statistical Literac y What is a random sample from...Ch. 7.4 - Statistical Literacy What is a population...Ch. 7.4 - Statistical Literacy What is a sample statistic?...Ch. 7.4 - Statistical Literacy What is the meaning of the...Ch. 7.4 - Statistical Literacy What is a sampling...Ch. 7.4 - Critical Thinking How do frequency tables,...Ch. 7.4 - Critical Thinking How can relative frequencies be...Ch. 7.4 - Critical Thinking Give an example of a specific...Ch. 7.5 - Statistical Literacy What is the standard error of...Ch. 7.5 - Statistical Literacy What is the standard...Ch. 7.5 - Statistical Literacy List two unbiased estimators...Ch. 7.5 - Statistical Literacy Describe how the variability...Ch. 7.5 - Basic Computation: Central Limit Theorem Suppose x...Ch. 7.5 - Basic Computation: Central Limit Theorem Suppose x...Ch. 7.5 - Prob. 7PCh. 7.5 - Critical Thinking Suppose x has a distribution...Ch. 7.5 - Critical Thinking Consider two x distributions...Ch. 7.5 - Critical Thinking Consider an x distribution with...Ch. 7.5 - Critical Thinking Suppose x has a distribution...Ch. 7.5 - Critical Thinking Suppose an x distribution has...Ch. 7.5 - Coal: Automatic Loader Coal is carried from a mine...Ch. 7.5 - Vital Statistics: Heights of Men The heights of...Ch. 7.5 - Medical: Blood Glucose Let x be a random variable...Ch. 7.5 - Medical: White Blood Cells Let x be a random...Ch. 7.5 - Wildlife: Deer Let x be a random variable that...Ch. 7.5 - Focus Problem: Impulse Buying Let x represent the...Ch. 7.5 - Finance: Templeton Funds Templeton world is a...Ch. 7.5 - Finance: European Growth Fund A European growth...Ch. 7.6 - Statistical Literacy Binomial probability...Ch. 7.6 - Statistical Literacy When we use a normal...Ch. 7.6 - Basic Computation: Normal Approximation to a...Ch. 7.6 - Basic Computation: Normal Approximation to a...Ch. 7.6 - Critical Thinking You need to compute the...Ch. 7.6 - Critical Thinking Consider a binomial experiment...Ch. 7.6 - In the following problems, check that it is...Ch. 7.6 - Insurance: Claims Do you try to pad an insurance...Ch. 7.6 - Longevity: 90th Birthday It is estimated that 3.5%...Ch. 7.6 - Fishing: Billfish Ocean fishing for billfish is...Ch. 7.6 - Grocery Stores: New ProductsThe Denver Post slated...Ch. 7.6 - Crime: Murder What are the chances that a person...Ch. 7.6 - Supermarkets: Free Samples Do you take the free...Ch. 7.6 - Ice Cream: Flavors Whats your favorite ice cream...Ch. 7.6 - Airline Flights: No-Shows Based on long...Ch. 7.6 - 16. General: Approximations We have studied the...Ch. 7.6 - Statistical Literacy Under what conditions is it...Ch. 7.6 - Statistical Literacy What is the formula for the...Ch. 7.6 - Statistical Literacy Is p an unbiased estimator...Ch. 7.6 - Basic Computation: p Distribution Suppose we have...Ch. 7.6 - Basic Computation: p Distribution Suppose we have...Ch. 7 - Terminology Consider the graph of a normal...Ch. 7 - Terminology What are the values of the mean and...Ch. 7 - Terminology Answer the following statements...Ch. 7 - Terminology Consider all possible random samples...Ch. 7 - Statistical Literacy Describe a normal probability...Ch. 7 - Statistical Literacy According to the empirical...Ch. 7 - Statistical Literacy Random sample of size 9 is...Ch. 7 - Statistical Literacy Can a normal distribution...Ch. 7 - Statistical Literacy What characteristic of a...Ch. 7 - Statistical Liter acy For a normal distribution,...Ch. 7 - Statistical Literacy Give the formula for the...Ch. 7 - Statistical Literacy Give the formula for the...Ch. 7 - Critical Thinking Let x be a random variable...Ch. 7 - Critical Thinking If x has a normal distribution...Ch. 7 - Basic Computation: Probability Given that x is a...Ch. 7 - Basic Computation: Probability Given that x is a...Ch. 7 - Basic Computation: Inverse Normal Find z such that...Ch. 7 - Basic Computation: Inverse Normal Find z such that...Ch. 7 - Medical: Blood Type Blood type AB is found in only...Ch. 7 - Customer Complaints: Time The Customer Service...Ch. 7 - 21. Recycling: Aluminum Cans One environmental...Ch. 7 - 22. Guarantee: Battery Life Many people consider...Ch. 7 - Guarantee: Package Delivery Express Courier...Ch. 7 - Drugs: Effects A new muscle relaxant is available....Ch. 7 - Psychology: IQ Scores Assume that IQ scores are...Ch. 7 - Hatchery Fish: Length A large tank of fish from a...Ch. 7 - Basic Computation: p Distribution Suppose we have...Ch. 7 - Green Behavior: Purchasing Habits A recent Harris...Ch. 7 - Iris setosa is a beautiful wildflower that is...Ch. 7 - If you look up the word empirical in a dictionary,...Ch. 7 - Why are standard z values so important? Is it true...Ch. 7 - Most people would agree that increased information...Ch. 7 - In a way, the central limit theorem can be thought...
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Statistics
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, statistics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...
Algebra
ISBN:9780079039897
Author:Carter
Publisher:McGraw Hill
Statistics 4.1 Point Estimators; Author: Dr. Jack L. Jackson II;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MrI0J8XCEE;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Statistics 101: Point Estimators; Author: Brandon Foltz;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v41z3HwLaM;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Central limit theorem; Author: 365 Data Science;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xQmk9veZ4;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Point Estimate Definition & Example; Author: Prof. Essa;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVwtvQmSn0;License: Standard Youtube License
Point Estimation; Author: Vamsidhar Ambatipudi;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flqhlM2bZWc;License: Standard Youtube License