MATH 221 (MATH221)
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MATH 221 Week 5 Discussion Post #3
Joseph and Kandy when we develop a confidence interval (CI) we are computing a rangeofvalues that’s likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It isan interval that tells us that the population means lies between an upper and lowerinterval.What are commonly used confidence intervals? (Responses to the questionabove)
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MATH 221 Week 4 Quiz
1.	Question: (CO 3) The speed of cars on a stretch of road is normally distributed with an average 48 miles per hour with a standard deviation of 5.9 miles per hour. What is the probability that a randomly selected car is violating the speed limit of 50 miles per hour? 
2.	Question: (CO 3) A survey indicates that shoppers spend an average of 22 minutes with a standard deviation of 16 minutes in your store and that these times are normally distributed. Find the probability that a randomly selecte...
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MATH 221 Week 4 Homework
1.	Question: The length of time a person takes to decide which shoes to purchase is normally distributed with a mean of 8.54 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.91. Find the probability that a randomly selected individual will take less than 5 minutes to select a shoe purchase. Is this outcome unusual? 
2.	Question: In a health club, research shows that on average, patrons spend an average of 42.5 minutes on the treadmill, with a standard deviation of 4.8 minutes. It is assumed that this is a ...
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MATH 221 Week 4 Lab
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Open the Week 4 Lab Document(Links to an external site.)Links to an external complete the lab for this week. All of the directions are included in the document. 
The data for this lab is distributed by your professor. 
The document includes places where you need to input the answers. Any place where you see a gray box is where you need to put an answer. 
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MATH 221 Week 4 Discussion Post #3
MATH 221 Week 4 Discussion Post #3
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MATH 221 Week 3 Quiz
1.	Question: (CO 3) Consider the following table: 
If you created the probability distribution for these data, what would be the probability of 50-59? 
2.	Question: (CO 3) Consider the following table of hours worked by part- time employees. These employees must work in 5 hourblocks. Find the mean of this variable. 
3.	Question: (CO 3) Consider the following table: Find the variance of this variable. 
4.	Question: (CO 3) Consider the following table: Find the standard deviation of this variable...
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MATH 221 Week 3 Homework
1.	Question: Let x represent the height of first graders in a class. This would be considered what type of variable: 
2.	Question: Let x represent the height of corn in Oklahoma. This would be considered what type of variable: 
3.	Question: Consider the following table. If you created the probability distribution for these data, what would be the probability of 18-29? 
4.	Question: Consider the following table. Find the mean of this variable. 
5.	Question: Consider the following table. Find the ...
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MATH 221 Week 3 Discussion Post #1, 2
There are 10 M & M’s of which are green in a bowl. You select 2 of them and putting each back in the bowl after it is selected. Is this a binominal experiment? Why? Or Why not?
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MATH 221 Week 2 Quiz
1.	Question: (CO 2) A random number generator is used to select a number from 1 to 100. What is the probability of selecting an even number? 
2.	Question: (CO 2) What is the sample space to responses to a question whose answers are Yes or No, along with a question on location with possible answers of North, South, East, or West? 
3.	Question: (CO 2) Consider the table below. What is the probability that the next person asked has four or more cats? 
4.	Question: (CO 2) Consider the table below. W...
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MATH 221 Week 2 Homework
1.	Question: Given the following information, find the probability that a randomly selected student will be very short. Number of students who are very short: 45, short: 60, tall: 82, very tall: 21 
2.	Question: Given the following information, find the probability that a randomly selected dog will not be a golden retriever. Number of dogs who are poodles: 31, golden retrievers: 58, beagles: 20, pugs: 38 
3.	Question: Given that there is a 22% chance it will rain on any day, what is the probabil...
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MATH 221 Week 2 Lab
Lab Overview 
Scenario/Summary	 
Open the Week 2 Lab Document (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. All of the directions are included in the document. 
The data for this lab is distributed by your professor. 
 
The document includes places where you need to input the answers. Any place where you see a gray box is where you need to put an answer. 
Deliverables	 
Fill in the document, save it with your name in the title, and submit the document. Below is the grading rubric for t...
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MATH 221 Week 2 Discussion Post #1, 2, 3
Ethics: Find an example of a conditional probability in the news. Was the occurrence of the first event reasonable? Why or whynot?
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MATH 221 Week 1 Quiz
1.	Question: (CO 1) A survey of 385 people who like wild sweaters found that 74% had a wild holiday sweater. What is the population and what is the sample? 
2.	Question: (CO 1) A survey of all 35 employees at a small company finds that 89% of them like the recent changes to the company’s benefits. Is this percentage a parameter or a statistic and why? 
3.	Question: (CO 1) Classify the data of the heights of ladders produced by a tool company. 
4.	Question: (CO 1) The data set that lists the nu...
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MATH 221 Week 1 Discussion Post
Describe the difference between bar charts, histograms, Pareto charts, including how they are structured and in what situations are eachmost effectivelyused?
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MATH 221 Week 1 Homework
1.	Question: The age of every fourth person entering a department store. The selected individuals would be considered a: 
2.	Question: The chances of winning the Maryland lottery are one chance in twenty-two million. The probability would be considered an example of: 
3.	Question: The milligrams of tar in 30 cigarettes would be considered: 
4.	Question: Marriage status (married, single, etc.) of the faculty at a university would be considered: 
5.	Question: Sixteen students are randomly selected...
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MATH 221 Week 8 Reflection Paper
Complete the following by writing a response to threeof the four following questions. For each question, your response should be 2 or more paragraphs. Make it clear which question you areanswering and use correct grammar throughout. If you answer all four questions, only the first three provided will be graded. 
 
Your responses are to be based on your own experiences and insights. Do not use materials and examples from other sources, including the Internet. Students have used examples from ou...
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MATH 221 Week 7 Homework; Statistics for Decision-Making
1.	Question:Two variables have a negative linear correlation. Does the dependent variable increase or decrease as the independent variable increases? 
2.	Question:What does the variable r2 represent? 
3.	Question:A baseball player wants to determine if the type of bat he uses each year can be used to predict the amount of improvement in his game. Which variable would be the response variable? 
4.	Question:Two variables have a negative linear correlation. Is the slope of the regression line betwe...
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MATH 221 Week 7 Homework; Statistics for Decision-Making
1.	Question:Two variables have a positive linear correlation. Does the dependent variable increase or decrease as the independent variable increases? 
2.	Question:What does the variable ρ represent? 
3.	Question:A golfer wants to determine if the type of driver she uses each year can be used to predict the amount of improvement in her game. Which variable would be the response variable? 
4.	Question:Two variables have a negative linear correlation. Where would the y-intercept of the regression ...
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MATH 221 Week 7 Homework; Statistics for Decision-Making
1.	Question: Two variables have a negative linear correlation. Does the dependent variable increase or decrease as the independent variable increases? 
2.	Question: What does the variable µ represent? 
3.	Question: A golfer wants to determine if the type of driver she uses each year can be used to predict the amount of improvement in her game. Which variable would be the response variable? 
4.	Question: Two variables have a positive linear correlation. Is the slope of the regression line betwee...
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MATH 221 Week 7 Quiz
1.	Question: (CO 4) From a random sample of 55 businesses, it is found that the mean time that employees spend on personal issues each week is 5.8 hours with a standard deviation of 0.35 hours. What is the 95% confidence interval for the amount of time spent on personal issues? 
2.	Question: (CO 4) If a confidence interval is given from 8.52 to 10.23 and the mean is known to be 9.375, what is the margin of error? 
3.	Question: (CO 4) Which of the following is most likely to lead to a small margi...