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Instructor’s Solution Manual — Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 7th Edition — Ron Larson & Betsy Farber — ISBN 9780134683416

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This manual offers detailed, worked solutions for the problems in Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 7th Edition by Ron Larson and Betsy Farber. It supports instructors by providing step-by-step calculation methods, explanatory notes, and interpretative commentary consistent with the textbook’s examples and data sets. The solution sets include both computational and conceptual problems, designed to align with the main text’s pedagogy and to facilitate grading, lectures, and exam preparation. The manual’s structure corresponds to the textbook’s chapter sequence: Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics, Chapter 2: Summarizing and Graphing Data, Chapter 3: Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data, Chapter 4: Probability, Chapter 5: Discrete Probability Distributions, Chapter 6: Normal Probability Distributions, Chapter 7: Estimating Parameters and Determining Sample Sizes, Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing, Chapter 9: Inferences from Two Samples, Chapter 10: Correlation and Regression, Chapter 11: Goodness-of-Fit and Contingency Tables, Chapter 12: Analysis of Variance, Chapter 13: Nonparametric Tests, Chapter 14: Statistical Process Control.

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Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World – 7th
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INSTRUCTOR’S
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SOLUTION
MANUAL
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Ron Larson
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Betsy Farber
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Comprehensive Solutions Manual for Instructors
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and Students
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© Ron Larson & Betsy Farber

All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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, CONTENTS
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics 1

Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics 14
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Chapter 3 Probability 104

Chapter 4 Discrete Probability Distributions 139

Chapter 5 Normal Probability Distributions 172
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Chapter 6 Confidence Intervals 225

Chapter 7 Hypothesis Testing with One Sample 254
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Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples 308

Chapter 9 Correlation and Regression 355
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Chapter 10 Chi-Square Tests and the F-Distribution 407

Chapter 11 Nonparametric Tests 465

Appendix A Alternative Presentation of the Standard 516
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Normal Distribution
Appendix C Normal Probability Plots 517

Activities 518

Case Studies 526
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Uses and Abuses 552

Real Statistics−Real Decisions 563
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Technology 577
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Introduction to Statistics
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1.1 AN OVERVIEW OF STATISTICS
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1.1 TRY IT YOURSELF SOLUTIONS

1. The population consists of the responses of all ninth to twelfth graders in the United States. The
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sample consists of the responses of the 1501 ninth to twelfth graders in the survey. The sample data
set consists of 1215 ninth to twelfth graders who said leaders today are more concerned with their
own agenda than with achieving the overall goals of the organization they serve and 286 ninth to
twelfth graders who did not say that.

2a. Population parameter, because the total spent on employees’ salaries, $5,150,694, is based on the
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entire company.

b. Sample statistic, because 43% is based on a subset of the population.
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3a. The population consists of the responses of all U.S. adults, and the sample consists of the responses of
the 1000 U.S. adults in the study.

b. The part of this study that represents the descriptive branch of statistics involves the statement “three
out of four adults will consult with their physician or pharmacist and only 8% visit a medication-
specific website [when they have a question about their medication].”
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c. A possible inference drawn from the study is that most adults consult with their physician or
pharmacist when they have a question about their medication.
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1.1 EXERCISE SOLUTIONS

1. A sample is a subset of a population.

2. It is usually impractical (too expensive and/or time consuming) to obtain all the population data.
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3. A parameter is a numerical description of a population characteristic. A statistic is a numerical
description of a sample characteristic.

4. The two main branches of statistics are descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

5. False. A statistic is a numerical measure that describes a sample characteristic.
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6. True

7. True
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8. False. Inferential statistics involves using a sample to draw conclusions about a population.

9. False. A population is the collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements, or counts that are of
interest.
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10. False. A sample statistic can differ from sample to sample.

11. Population, because it is a collection of the salaries of each member of a Major League Baseball team.
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12. Population, because it is a collection of the energy collected from all the solar panels on a photo
voltaic power plant.

13. Sample, because the collection of the 300 people is a subset of the population of 13,000 people in the
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auditorium.

14. Population, because it is a collection of the revenue of all the stores at the shopping mall.

15. Sample, because the collection of the 10 patients is a subset of the population of 50 patients at the clinic.

16. Population, because it is a collection of the number of wireless devices in all U.S. households.
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17. Population, because it is a collection of all the gamers’ scores in the tournament.

18. Sample, because only the age of every fourth person entering the grocery store is recorded.
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19. Population, because it is a collection of all the U.S. senators’ political parties.

20. Sample, because the collection of the 20 air contamination levels is a subset of the population.

21. Population: Parties of registered voters
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Sample: Parties of registered voters who respond to a survey

22. Population: Student donations at a food drive
Sample: Student donations of canned goods
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23. Population: Ages of adults in the United States who own automobiles
Sample: Ages of adults in the United States who own Honda automobiles

24. Population: Incomes of home owners in Massachusetts
Sample: Incomes of home owners in Massachusetts with mortgages
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25. Population: Collections of the responses of all U.S. adults
Sample: Collection of the responses of the 1020 U.S. adults surveyed
Sample data set: 42% of adults who said they trust their political leaders and 58% who said they did not

26. Population: Collection of fetal tobacco exposure of all infants
Sample: Collection of the fetal tobacco exposure of 203 infants
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Sample data set: Infants with fetal tobacco exposure and their focused attention levels

27. Population: Collection of the influenza immunization status of all adults in the United States
Sample: Collection of the influenza immunization status of the 3301 U.S. adults surveyed
Sample data set: 39% of U.S. adults who received an influenza vaccine and 61% who did not
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