A researcher wants to estimate the passing rate of Stats cou…
A researcher wants to estimate the passing rate of Stats courses at FIU with a margin of error of 3 % and a confidence level of 90 % . If the passing rate is believed to be around 70 % , what sample size is needed ? ( Use z=1.645)
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The ABC Light Bulb Company claims that their light bulbs have an average lifespan of 900 hours, with a standard deviation of 100 hours. If the quality control team randomly selects 70 light bulbs for analysis , what is the probability that the average lifespan for the sample will exceed 920 hours? ( Round to two decimal places)
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The weights of packages shipped by a company have a population mean of 40 pounds and a population standard deviation of 12 pounds. The distribution of individual package weights is strongly right-skewed. A random sample of 64 packages is selected. What is the probability that the sample mean weight is less than 37 pounds? ( round to three decimal places)
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An educational researcher claims that the mean GPA for Psychology students at a certain college is less than 3.2 . A sample of 49 Psychology students gave a mean GPA of 3.1 with a standard deviation 0.35 . What is the value of the test statistic used to test the claim ? ( Do not round)
Read DetailsA survey claims that 9 out of 10 doctors (i.e., 90%) recomme…
A survey claims that 9 out of 10 doctors (i.e., 90%) recommend brand Z for their patients who have children. To test this claim against the alternative that the actual proportion of doctors who recommend brand Z is less than 90%, a random sample of 100 doctors results in 83 who indicate that they recommend brand Z. The test statistic in this problem is approximately (round to the nearest hundredth)
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