Elementary Statistics, Books A La Carte Edition (13th Edition)
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Author: Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Larger Data Sets. In Exercises 21–24, use the indicated Data Sets in Appendix B. The complete data sets can be found at www.TriolaStats.com. Assume that the two samples are independent simple random samples selected from
24. Birth Length of Stay Refer to Data Set 4 “Births’' and use the “lengths of stay” for boys and girls. A length of stay is the number of days the child remained in the hospital. Test the claim boys and girls have the same
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The table below indicates the number of years of experience of a sample of employees who work on a particular production line and the corresponding number of units of a good that each employee produced last month.
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Number of Goods (y)
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Do NOT change the units for the variables.
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Q.1.2 Estimate the number of units of the good that would have been produced last month by an employee with 8 years of experience.
Q.1.3 Using your calculator, determine the coefficient of correlation for the data set.
Interpret your answer.
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Elementary Statistics, Books A La Carte Edition (13th Edition)
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