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GAIL ILLICH JAMES BALDONE
McLennan Community College Birmingham Southern College
BUSINESS STATISTICS : A J J
FIRST COURSE
J J
EIGHTH EDITION J
David M. Levine j j
Baruch College, City University of New York
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KathrynA. Szabat j j
La Salle University
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David F. Stephan j j
Two Bridges Instructional Technology
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tronic,jmechanical,jphotocopying, jrecording,jorjotherwise,jwithoutjthejpriorjwrittenjpermissionjofjthejpublisher.jPrintedjinj
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FirstjThingsjFirst ............................................................................................................................... 1
Chapterj1 DefiningjandjCollectingjData ................................................................................... 1-1
Chapterj2 OrganizingjandjVisualizingjVariables ...................................................................... 2-1
Chapterj3 NumericaljDescriptivejMeasures ............................................................................. 3-1
Chapterj4 BasicjProbability ...................................................................................................... 4-1
Chapterj5 DiscretejProbabilityjDistributions ............................................................................ 5-1
Chapterj6 ThejNormaljDistribution .......................................................................................... 6-1
Chapterj7 SamplingjDistributions ............................................................................................ 7-1
Chapterj8 ConfidencejIntervaljEstimation ................................................................................ 8-1
Chapterj9 FundamentalsjofjHypothesisjTesting:jOne-SamplejTests ......................................... 9-1
Chapterj10 Two-SamplejTestsjandjOne-WayjANOVA ........................................................... 10-1
Chapterj11 Chi-SquarejTests.................................................................................................... 11-1
Chapterj12 SimplejLinearjRegression ...................................................................................... 12-1
Chapterj13 MultiplejRegression ............................................................................................... 13-1
Chapterj14 BusinessjAnalytics ................................................................................................. 14-1
Chapterj15 StatisticaljApplicationsjinjQualityjManagementj(Online) ....................................... 15-1
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1. Thejprocessjofjusingjdatajcollectedjfromjajsmalljgroupjtojreachjconclusionsjaboutjajlargejgroupjisjcal
led
a) statisticaljinference.
b) DCOVAjframework.
c) operationaljdefinition.
d) descriptivejstatistics.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jinferentialjstatistics
2. Thosejmethodsjinvolvingjthejcollection,jpresentation,jandjcharacterizationjofjajsetjofjdatajinjord
erjtojproperlyjdescribejthejvariousjfeaturesjofjthatjsetjofjdatajarejcalled
a) statisticaljinference.
b) DCOVAjframework.
c) operationaljdefinition.
d) descriptivejstatistics.
ANSWER:
d
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jdescriptivejstatistics
3. Thejcollectionjandjsummarizationjofjthejsocioeconomicjandjphysicaljcharacteristicsjofjthejem
ployeesjofjajparticularjfirmjisjanjexamplejof
a) inferentialjstatistics.
b) descriptivejstatistics.
c) operationaljdefinition.
d) DCOVAjframework.
ANSWER:
b
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jdescriptivejstatistics
4. Thejestimationjofjthejpopulationjaveragejfamilyjexpenditurejonjfoodjbasedjonjthejsamplejaveragejexp
enditurejofj1,000jfamiliesjisjanjexamplejof
a) inferentialjstatistics.
b) descriptivejstatistics.
c) DCOVAjframework.
d) operationaljdefinition.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jinferentialjstatistics
5. Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjnotjanjelementjofjdescriptivejstatisticaljproblems?
a) Anjinferencejmadejaboutjthejpopulationjbasedjonjthejsample.
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b) Thejpopulationjorjsamplejofjinterest.
c) Tables,jgraphs,jorjnumericaljsummaryjtools.
d) Identificationjofjpatternsjinjthejdata.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jModerate
KEYWORDS:jdescriptivejstatistics
6. AjstudyjisjunderjwayjinjYosemitejNationaljForestjtojdeterminejthejadultjheightjofjAmericanjpinejtrees
.jSpecifically,jthejstudyjisjattemptingjtojdeterminejwhatjfactorsjaidjajtreejinjreachingjheightsjgreaterjth
anj60jfeetjtall.jItjisjestimatedjthatjthejforestjcontainsj25,000jadultjAmericanjpines.jThejstudyjinvolvesj
collectingjheightsjfromj250jrandomlyjselectedjadultjAmericanjpinejtreesjandjanalyzingjthejresults.jId
entifyjthejvariablejofjinterestjinjthejstudy.
a) ThejagejofjanjAmericanjpinejtreejinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
b) ThejheightjofjanjadultjAmericanjpinejtreejinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
c) ThejnumberjofjAmericanjpinejtreesjinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
d) ThejspeciesjofjtreesjinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
ANSWER:
b
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jvariable
7. Mostjanalystsjfocusjonjthejcostjofjtuitionjasjthejwayjtojmeasurejthejcostjofjajcollegejeducation.jButji
ncidentals,jsuchjasjtextbookjcosts,jarejrarelyjconsidered.jAjresearcherjatjDrummandjUniversityjwis
hesjtojestimatejthejtextbookjcostsjofjfirst-
yearjstudentsjatjDrummand.jTojdojso,jshejmonitoredjthejtextbookjcostjofj250jfirst-
yearjstudentsjandjfoundjthatjtheirjaveragejtextbookjcostjwasj$600jperjsemester.jIdentifyjthejvariabl
ejofjinterestjtojthejresearcher.
a) Thejtextbookjcostjofjfirst-yearjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
b) ThejyearjinjschooljofjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
c) ThejagejofjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
d) ThejcostjofjincidentaljexpensesjofjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jvariable
8. TruejorjFalse:jProblemsjmayjarisejwhenjstatisticallyjunsophisticatedjusersjwhojdojnotjunderstandjthej
assumptionsjbehindjthejstatisticaljproceduresjorjtheirjlimitationsjarejmisledjbyjresultsjobtainedjfromjc
omputerjsoftware.
ANSWER:
True
TYPE:jTFjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jstatisticaljpackage
9. TruejorjFalse:jManagersjneedjanjunderstandingjofjstatisticsjtojbejablejtojpresentjandjdescribejinfor
mationjaccurately,jdrawjconclusionsjaboutjlargejpopulationsjbasedjonjsmalljsamples,jimprovejpr
ocesses,jandjmakejreliablejforecasts.
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GAIL ILLICH JAMES BALDONE
McLennan Community College Birmingham Southern College
BUSINESS STATISTICS : A J J
FIRST COURSE
J J
EIGHTH EDITION J
David M. Levine j j
Baruch College, City University of New York
j j j j j j
KathrynA. Szabat j j
La Salle University
j j
David F. Stephan j j
Two Bridges Instructional Technology
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Thejauthorjandjpublisherjofjthisjbookjhavejusedjtheirjbestjeffortsjinjpreparingjthisjbook.jThesejeffortsjincludejthejdevelopm
ent,jresearch,jandjtestingjofjthejtheoriesjandjprogramsjtojdetermine jtheirjeffectiveness.jThejauthorjandjpublisherjmakejnojw
arrantyjofjanyjkind,jexpressedjorjimplied,jwithjregardjtojthesejprogramsjorjthejdocumentation jcontainedjinjthisjbook.jTheja
uthorjandjpublisherjshalljnotjbejliable jinjanyjeventjforjincidentaljorjconsequential jdamagesjinjconnectionjwith,jorjarisingjou
tjof,jthejfurnishing, jperformance,jorjusejofjthesejprograms.
ReproducedjbyjPearsonjfromjelectronic jfilesjsuppliedjbyjthejauthor.
Copyrightj©j2020,j2016,j2013jbyjPearsonjEducation, jInc.j221jRiverjStreet,jHoboken,jNJj07030.jAlljrightsjreserved.
Nojpartjofjthisjpublicationjmayjbejreproduced, jstoredjinjajretrievaljsystem,jorjtransmitted, jinjanyjformjorjbyjanyjmeans,jelec
tronic,jmechanical,jphotocopying, jrecording,jorjotherwise,jwithoutjthejpriorjwrittenjpermissionjofjthejpublisher.jPrintedjinj
thejUnitedjStatesjofjAmerica.
ISBN-13:j 978-0-13-518241-3
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Table of Contents j j
FirstjThingsjFirst ............................................................................................................................... 1
Chapterj1 DefiningjandjCollectingjData ................................................................................... 1-1
Chapterj2 OrganizingjandjVisualizingjVariables ...................................................................... 2-1
Chapterj3 NumericaljDescriptivejMeasures ............................................................................. 3-1
Chapterj4 BasicjProbability ...................................................................................................... 4-1
Chapterj5 DiscretejProbabilityjDistributions ............................................................................ 5-1
Chapterj6 ThejNormaljDistribution .......................................................................................... 6-1
Chapterj7 SamplingjDistributions ............................................................................................ 7-1
Chapterj8 ConfidencejIntervaljEstimation ................................................................................ 8-1
Chapterj9 FundamentalsjofjHypothesisjTesting:jOne-SamplejTests ......................................... 9-1
Chapterj10 Two-SamplejTestsjandjOne-WayjANOVA ........................................................... 10-1
Chapterj11 Chi-SquarejTests.................................................................................................... 11-1
Chapterj12 SimplejLinearjRegression ...................................................................................... 12-1
Chapterj13 MultiplejRegression ............................................................................................... 13-1
Chapterj14 BusinessjAnalytics ................................................................................................. 14-1
Chapterj15 StatisticaljApplicationsjinjQualityjManagementj(Online) ....................................... 15-1
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FirstjThingjFirstj 1
First Things First
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1. Thejprocessjofjusingjdatajcollectedjfromjajsmalljgroupjtojreachjconclusionsjaboutjajlargejgroupjisjcal
led
a) statisticaljinference.
b) DCOVAjframework.
c) operationaljdefinition.
d) descriptivejstatistics.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jinferentialjstatistics
2. Thosejmethodsjinvolvingjthejcollection,jpresentation,jandjcharacterizationjofjajsetjofjdatajinjord
erjtojproperlyjdescribejthejvariousjfeaturesjofjthatjsetjofjdatajarejcalled
a) statisticaljinference.
b) DCOVAjframework.
c) operationaljdefinition.
d) descriptivejstatistics.
ANSWER:
d
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jdescriptivejstatistics
3. Thejcollectionjandjsummarizationjofjthejsocioeconomicjandjphysicaljcharacteristicsjofjthejem
ployeesjofjajparticularjfirmjisjanjexamplejof
a) inferentialjstatistics.
b) descriptivejstatistics.
c) operationaljdefinition.
d) DCOVAjframework.
ANSWER:
b
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jdescriptivejstatistics
4. Thejestimationjofjthejpopulationjaveragejfamilyjexpenditurejonjfoodjbasedjonjthejsamplejaveragejexp
enditurejofj1,000jfamiliesjisjanjexamplejof
a) inferentialjstatistics.
b) descriptivejstatistics.
c) DCOVAjframework.
d) operationaljdefinition.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jinferentialjstatistics
5. Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjnotjanjelementjofjdescriptivejstatisticaljproblems?
a) Anjinferencejmadejaboutjthejpopulationjbasedjonjthejsample.
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b) Thejpopulationjorjsamplejofjinterest.
c) Tables,jgraphs,jorjnumericaljsummaryjtools.
d) Identificationjofjpatternsjinjthejdata.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jModerate
KEYWORDS:jdescriptivejstatistics
6. AjstudyjisjunderjwayjinjYosemitejNationaljForestjtojdeterminejthejadultjheightjofjAmericanjpinejtrees
.jSpecifically,jthejstudyjisjattemptingjtojdeterminejwhatjfactorsjaidjajtreejinjreachingjheightsjgreaterjth
anj60jfeetjtall.jItjisjestimatedjthatjthejforestjcontainsj25,000jadultjAmericanjpines.jThejstudyjinvolvesj
collectingjheightsjfromj250jrandomlyjselectedjadultjAmericanjpinejtreesjandjanalyzingjthejresults.jId
entifyjthejvariablejofjinterestjinjthejstudy.
a) ThejagejofjanjAmericanjpinejtreejinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
b) ThejheightjofjanjadultjAmericanjpinejtreejinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
c) ThejnumberjofjAmericanjpinejtreesjinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
d) ThejspeciesjofjtreesjinjYosemitejNationaljForest.
ANSWER:
b
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jvariable
7. Mostjanalystsjfocusjonjthejcostjofjtuitionjasjthejwayjtojmeasurejthejcostjofjajcollegejeducation.jButji
ncidentals,jsuchjasjtextbookjcosts,jarejrarelyjconsidered.jAjresearcherjatjDrummandjUniversityjwis
hesjtojestimatejthejtextbookjcostsjofjfirst-
yearjstudentsjatjDrummand.jTojdojso,jshejmonitoredjthejtextbookjcostjofj250jfirst-
yearjstudentsjandjfoundjthatjtheirjaveragejtextbookjcostjwasj$600jperjsemester.jIdentifyjthejvariabl
ejofjinterestjtojthejresearcher.
a) Thejtextbookjcostjofjfirst-yearjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
b) ThejyearjinjschooljofjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
c) ThejagejofjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
d) ThejcostjofjincidentaljexpensesjofjDrummandjUniversityjstudents.
ANSWER:
a
TYPE:jMCjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jvariable
8. TruejorjFalse:jProblemsjmayjarisejwhenjstatisticallyjunsophisticatedjusersjwhojdojnotjunderstandjthej
assumptionsjbehindjthejstatisticaljproceduresjorjtheirjlimitationsjarejmisledjbyjresultsjobtainedjfromjc
omputerjsoftware.
ANSWER:
True
TYPE:jTFjDIFFICULTY:jEasy
KEYWORDS:jstatisticaljpackage
9. TruejorjFalse:jManagersjneedjanjunderstandingjofjstatisticsjtojbejablejtojpresentjandjdescribejinfor
mationjaccurately,jdrawjconclusionsjaboutjlargejpopulationsjbasedjonjsmalljsamples,jimprovejpr
ocesses,jandjmakejreliablejforecasts.
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