Questions from Business Statistics


Q: A particular cell phone case is available in a choice of four

A particular cell phone case is available in a choice of four different colors. A store sells all four colors. To test the hypothesis that sales are equally divided among the four colors, a random sam...

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Q: What is the approximate P-value for the following values of

What is the approximate P-value for the following values of X 2 and df? a. X 2 = 6.62, df = 3 b. X 2 = 16.97, df = 10 c. X 2 = 30.19, df = 17

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Q: The authors of the paper “Is It Really About Me?

The authors of the paper “Is It Really About Me? Message Content in Social Awareness Streams” (Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2010) studied a random sample of...

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Q: The article “In Bronx, Hitting Home Runs Is a Breeze

The article “In Bronx, Hitting Home Runs Is a Breeze” (USA TODAY, June 2, 2009) included a classification of 87 home runs hit at the new Yankee Stadium according to...

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Q: In 2014, the University of Houston carried out a study for

In 2014, the University of Houston carried out a study for the Texas Lottery Commission (“Demographic Survey of Texas Lottery Players,” www.uh.edu/class/hobby/_docs...

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Q: What is the approximate P-value for the following values of

What is the approximate P-value for the following values of X 2 and df? a. X 2 = 14.44, df = 6 b. X 2 = 16.91, df = 9 c. X 2 = 32.32, df = 20

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Q: Packages of mixed nuts made by a certain company contain four types

Packages of mixed nuts made by a certain company contain four types of nuts. The percentages of nuts of Types 1, 2, 3, and 4 are advertised to be 40%, 30%, 20%, and 10%, respectively. A random sample...

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Q: The authors of the paper “Talking Smack: Verbal Aggression in

The authors of the paper “Talking Smack: Verbal Aggression in Professional Wrestling” (Communication Studies [2008]: 242–258) analyzed the content...

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Q: The “Global Automotive 2016 Color Popularity Report” (Axalta Coating

The “Global Automotive 2016 Color Popularity Report” (Axalta Coating Systems, www.axaltacs.com, retrieved May 27, 2017) included data on the colors for a sample of new cars sold in North America. The...

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Q: A popular urban legend is that more babies than usual are born

A popular urban legend is that more babies than usual are born during certain phases of the lunar cycle, especially near the full moon. The paper “The Effect of the Gravitation of th...

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