Questions from Statistical Techniques


Q: An international company routinely rotates its senior managers every five to six

An international company routinely rotates its senior managers every five to six years around its activities worldwide. Staff are financially compensated for such moves but with many staff buying a ho...

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Q: Recent legislation requires adherence to detailed and complex food-labelling requirements

Recent legislation requires adherence to detailed and complex food-labelling requirements on products sold to consumers. A recent survey examined whether the food labelling on supermarket own-brand pr...

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Q: An airline operating between London and Aberdeen knows that a large part

An airline operating between London and Aberdeen knows that a large part of its customer base represents business executives. The airline is considering offering a limousine service to/from the airpor...

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Q: Return to Exercise 6 in Chapter 4. The Finance Department in

Return to Exercise 6 in Chapter 4. The Finance Department in the local authority has estimated that at least 45 people per day on average need to use the local library to justify the cost of keeping i...

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Q: Several years ago a new chief executive was appointed to a group

Several years ago a new chief executive was appointed to a group of firms. On appointment the CE expressed concern about the quality of the senior management in one of the major companies in the group...

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Q: In the Worked Example in Chapter 5 we had a distribution of

In the Worked Example in Chapter 5 we had a distribution of a sample of customers’ electricity consumption. Test whether this distribution is Normal.

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Q: A small engineering firm manufactures high-precision components for the aeronautical

A small engineering firm manufactures high-precision components for the aeronautical industry. In order to ensure quality, the production equipment has to be regularly maintained. One particular compo...

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Q: A large organisation is considering replacing part of its vehicle fleet with

A large organisation is considering replacing part of its vehicle fleet with the latest equipment. Although such a decision is expensive, it is felt that the investment will be worthwhile in terms of...

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Q: A local authority has a pool of cars available for staff to

A local authority has a pool of cars available for staff to use on official business. One particular make and model of car, of which the authority has a considerable number, claims to give a miles per...

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Q: A local hospital is trying to assess its performance vis-à

A local hospital is trying to assess its performance vis-à-vis national performance. The Department of Health has recently indicated that, nationally, for a particular hospital-based treatment the mea...

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