Chapter 7: Q.1 (page 426)
What is the mean, standard deviation, and sample size?
Short Answer
The mean time for each review is hours and standard deviation is hours and sample size is
Chapter 7: Q.1 (page 426)
What is the mean, standard deviation, and sample size?
The mean time for each review is hours and standard deviation is hours and sample size is
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Get started for freeAccording to the Internal Revenue Service, the average length of time for an individual to complete (keep records for, learn, prepare, copy, assemble, and send) IRS Form is hours (without any attached schedules). The distribution is unknown. Let us assume that the standard deviation is two hours. Suppose we randomly sample taxpayers.
a. In words,
b. In words,
c.
d. Would you be surprised if the taxpayers finished their Form s in an average of more than hours? Explain why or why not in complete sentences.
e. Would you be surprised if one taxpayer finished his or her Form in more than hours? In a complete sentence, explain why.
According to Boeing data, the airliner carriespassengers and has doors with a height of inches. Assume for a certain population of men we have a mean height of inches and a standard deviation of inches.
a. What doorway height would allow of men to enter the aircraft without bending?
b. Assume that half of the passengers are men. What mean doorway height satisfies the condition that there is a probability that this height is greater than the mean height ofmen?
c. For engineers designing the , which result is more relevant: the height from part a or part b? Why?
Find the probability that the average price for gas stations is less than .
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
What is the z-score for Σx = 840?
Find the sum that is standard deviations below the mean of the sums.
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