Keep your eyes and ears open as you read or listen to the news this week. Find/discover an example of statistics & probability in the news.  Was it explained well, or poorly? What is the context? Do you think anything about the article is misleading? Can you make any inferences based on it?   Initial post due Monday:  Do you think that the statistics in the article would convince the reader of anything?  Explain why or why not by referencing examples from the article.

Q: 1) The following spinner was spun 32 times. What is the probability of spinning A seven times?

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Q: Based on a recent study in a manufacturing company, 40% of employees older than 30 years own a car…

A: It is given that, 40% of employees older than 30 years own a car and a house.

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Q: In a process that manufactures bearings, 90% of the bearings meet a thicknessspecification. A…

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Q: Solve the following problems on a clean sheet of paper. Upload photos of your answer sheets showing…

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Q: How fast you drive in your commute to campus always varies depending on traffic and weather. The…

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Q: How are your grades? In a recent semester at a local university, 500 students enrolled in both…

A: The number of students who got an A in statistics 87, the number of students who got an A in…

Q: what is the probability that the land has oil and test predictsthat there is no oil?

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Q: Holmes Institute conducted a survey about International Students in Melbourne. The survey results…

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Q: Determine whether each statement is true or false. If the statement is false, explain why. 1.…

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Q: According to a 2009 Reader's Digest article, people throw away about 9% of what they buy at the…

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Q: Determine whether the given values can serve as the values of a probability distribution of the…

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Q: Please answer letters a,b and c. Thank you! Trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange has been…

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Q: A shipment of 40 inexpensive digital​ watches, including 7 that are​ defective, is sent to a…

A: Given data: The total numbers of digital watches are n=40. The total number of defective watches are…

Q: Which is the best investment company to invest in: Investment Company A Possible Return Probability…

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Q: Determine whether the following statement makes sense or does not make sense, and explain your…

A: Given : For a fair die, the Probability(P) of rolling a number is 1/6P (rolling 1 or 2) = 1/6 + 1/6…

Q: what is a fair price to pay for a ticket?

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Q: Discuss the following concepts and give examples from everyday life in which you might encounter…

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Q: Flying over the western states with mountainous terrain in a small aircraft is 40% riskier than…

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Q: Sample data are used as the basis from which to make probability statements about the true (but…

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Q: 5) Two standard 6-sided dice were rolled 23 times. What is the probability of getting a sum greater…

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Q: For our study, we used the following formula: P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B) − P (A and B) (a) Is it…

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Q: Based on the proble , observe, analyze and answer the following questions: c. Illustrate a…

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Q: Thinking of a manufacturing company, how might probability be a part of their quality control?…

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Q: 4. For the two circumstances below, explain which type of probability (empirical, subjective,…

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Q: 2) A company survey results shows that 46% of employees are vegans. 58 employees were surveyed. What…

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Q: There are 500 engineers who are working. The table provides some data of their employment status.…

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Q: Find the probability of at least 7 accidents in 200,000 flight operations.

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Q: lease help, I'm lost on answering this question on obtaining the probability of sample mean of 44 or…

A: Given: μ=45, σ=6, n=27 The corresponding z-value needed to be computed: Now, Z=  M−μ σ/  n  ​ =…

Q: According to a 2009 Reader's Digest article, people throw away approximately 11% of what they buy at…

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Q: Using two-point method, we observe that: When the probability of stock out is 18%, the sales level…

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Q: 10. According to CNN, The unemployment rate fell to 3.7% in September 2018, the lowest level since…

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Q: Do you have any idea about conditional probability? Formulate a mathematical problem to explain…

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Q: You have 4 means, and you want to compare each mean to every other mean. (a) How many tests total…

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Q: Flying over the western states with mountainous terrain in a small aircraft is 40% riskier than…

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Q: Use the results of the file.  Recall that you performed a binomial probability experiment 50 times.…

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Q: College students were asked, "How often do you wear a seat belt when riding in a car driven by…

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Q: A social scientist gathers a carefully chosen group of 20 people whom she is selected to represent a…

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Q: Have you ever wondered about the likelihood of an event occurring? Whether it’s the odds of your…

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Q: Just how accurate are the weather forecasts we hear every day? The table below compares the daily…

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Q: A study showed that the sex ratio of children born to families in a native community of Ontario…

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Q: About 10% of customers who actually enter a clothing store end up buying something.  Assume that all…

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Q: A police officer randomly selected 558 police records of larceny thefts. The accompanying data…

A: We have given that a police officer randomly selected 558 police records of larceny thefts.

Q: Determine whether the following statement makes sense or does not make​ sense, and explain your…

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