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An Introduction to Statistics

Homework for Statistics Lesson 2

    Identify each number as discrete or continuous.

  1. Yesterday's records for MSC attendance show that two underclassmen were absent.

  2. Toyota hopes to produce 100,000 Prius hybrids for the United States in 2005.

  3. A 1999 Cadillac Escalade weighs 5,600 pounds.

  4. The radar clocked a Randy Johnson fastball at 98.4 mph.

     

     

    Determine which level of measurement is most appropriate.

  5. Colors of Skittles® brand candies.

  6. Final course grades of A, B, C, D, and F.

  7. Daily high and low temperatures at the Niles airport for 2004.

  8. Time (in days) for a sunspot to be visible from the earth.

     

     

    Identify the type or types of sampling used for the following.

  9. George went through the telephone book and called every 89th person listed.

  10. Four people divided the telephone book evenly and each randomly sampling from their portion.

  11. All people with a 461 telephone exchange are called.

  12. Every 5th block of 10 students leaving the Eau Claire High School cafeteria on June 31 is exhaustively sampled about their faith in random samples.

     

     

  13. What four letter word is associated with convenience sampling?

     

  14. Differentiate between prospective and retrospective studies.

     

  15. Give two other names for random sampling.

     

  16. What is an open question?

     

  17. What is the average of: 1, 1, 2, 4, 7?

     

  18. Is this a closed question (yes or no)?

     

  19. Give three examples where patent litigation dragged on for years and laboratory notes became very important.

     

  20. What is the difference between an experiment and a study?

     

  21. How important are lab notebooks?

     

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