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Chapter1
1. Method(c)isprobablybest,with(e)beingthesecondbest.
2. In1936onlyuppermiddleclassandrichpeoplehadtelephones.Almostallvoters havetelephonestoday.
3. No,thesepeoplemusthavebeenprominenttohavetheirobituariesintheTimes; asaresulttheywereprobablylesslikelytohavediedyoungthanarandomlychosen person.
4. Locations(i)and(ii)areclearlyinappropriate;location(iii)isprobablybest.
5. No,unlessitbelievedthatwhetherapersonreturnedthesurveywasindependentof thatperson’ssalary;probablyadubiousassumption.
6. No,notwithoutadditionalinformationastothepercentagesofpedestriansthatwear lightandthatweardarkclothingatnight.
7. Heisassumingthatthedeathratesobservedintheparishesmirrorthatoftheentire country.
8. 12,246/.02 = 612,300
9. Usethemtoestimate,foreachpresentage x ,thequantity A(x ),equaltotheaverage additionallifetimeofanindividualpresentlyaged x .Usethistocalculatetheaverage amountthatwillbepaidoutinannuitiestosuchapersonandthenchargethatperson 1 + a timesthatlatteramountasapremiumfortheannuity.Thiswillyieldanaverage profitrateof a perannuity.
10. 64percent,10percent,and48percent.
Chapter2
2. 360/r degrees.
6. (d)3.18
7. (c)119.14
8. Notnecessarily.Supposeatownconsistsof n menand m women,andthat a isthe averageoftheweightsofthemenand b istheaverageoftheweightsofthewomen. Then na and mb are,respectively,thesumsoftheweightsofthemenandofthe women.Hence,theaverageweightofallmembersofthetownis
na + mb
n + m = ap + b (1 p)
where p = n/(n + m) isthefractionofthetownmembersthataremen.Thus,in comparingtwotownstheresultwoulddependnotonlyontheaverageoftheweights ofthemenandwomeninthetownsbutalsotheirsexproportions.Forinstance,if townAhad10menwithanaverageweightof200and20womenwithanaverage weightof120,whiletownBhad20menwithanaverageweightof180and10 womenwithanaverageweightof100,thentheaverageweightofanadultintown Ais200
10. Itimpliesnothingaboutthemediansalariesbutitdoesimplythattheaverageofthe salariesatcompanyAisgreaterthantheaverageofthesalariesatcompanyB.
11. Thesamplemeanis110.Thesamplemedianisbetween100and120.Nothingcan besaidaboutthesamplemode.
12. (a)40.904 (d)8,48,64
13. (a)15.808 (b)4.395
14. Since xi = nx and (n 1)s
,weseethatif x and y aretheunknown values,then x + y = 213and
15. No,sincetheaveragevalueforthewholecountryisaweightedaveragewherethe averagewageperstateshouldbeweightedbytheproportionofallworkerswho resideinthatstate.
19. (a)44.8
(b)70.45
20. 74,85,92
21. (a)84.9167
(b)928.6288
(c)57.5,95.5,113.5
25. (a).3496
(b).35
(c).1175
(d)no
(e)3700/55 = 67.3percent
26. (b)3.72067
(c).14567
28. Notifbothsexesarerepresented.Theweightsofthewomenshouldbeapproximatelynormalasshouldbetheweightsofthemen,butcombineddataisprobably bimodal.
30. Samplecorrelationcoefficientis.4838
31. No,theassociationofgoodpostureandbackpainincidencedoesnotbyitselfimply thatgoodposturecausesbackpain.Indeed,althoughitdoesnotestablishthereverse (thatbackpainresultsingoodposture)thisseemsamorelikelypossibility.
32. Onepossibilityisthatnewimmigrantsareattractedtohigherpayingstatesbecause ofthehigherpay.
33. Samplecorrelationcoefficientis.7429
36. Morelikely,tallerchildrentendtobeolderandthatiswhytheyhadhigherreading scores.
37. Becausethereisapositivecorrelationdoesnotmeanthatoneisacauseoftheother. Therearemanyotherpotentialfactors.Forinstance,mothersthatbreastfeedmight bemorelikelytobemembersofhigherincomefamiliesthanmothersthatdonot breastfeed.