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This module presents students with a number of problems related to statistical sampling and data. In particular, students are asked to demonstrate understanding of concepts such as frequency, relative frequency, and cumulative relative frequency, random samples, quantitative vs. qualitative data, continuous vs. discrete data, and other key terms related to sampling and data.

For each item below:

  • Identify the type of data (quantitative - discrete, quantitative - continuous, or qualitative) that would be used to describe a response.
  • Give an example of the data.
  • Number of tickets sold to a concert
  • Amount of body fat
  • Favorite baseball team
  • Time in line to buy groceries
  • Number of students enrolled at Evergreen Valley College
  • Most–watched television show
  • Brand of toothpaste
  • Distance to the closest movie theatre
  • Age of executives in Fortune 500 companies
  • Number of competing computer spreadsheet software packages
  • quantitative - discrete
  • quantitative - continuous
  • qualitative
  • quantitative - continuous
  • quantitative - discrete
  • qualitative
  • qualitative
  • quantitative - continuous
  • quantitative - continuous
  • quantitative - discrete
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Fifty part-time students were asked how many courses they were taking this term. The (incomplete) results are shown below:

Part-time student course loads
# of Courses Frequency Relative Frequency Cumulative Relative Frequency
1 30 0.6
2 15
3
  • Fill in the blanks in the table above.
  • What percent of students take exactly two courses?
  • What percent of students take one or two courses?
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Sixty adults with gum disease were asked the number of times per week they used to floss before their diagnoses. The (incomplete) results are shown below:

Flossing frequency for adults with gum disease
# Flossing per Week Frequency Relative Frequency Cumulative Relative Freq.
0 27 0.4500
1 18
3 0.9333
6 3 0.0500
7 1 0.0167
  • Fill in the blanks in the table above.
  • What percent of adults flossed six times per week?
  • What percent flossed at most three times per week?
  • Cum. Rel. Freq. for 0 is 0.4500
    Rel. Freq. for 1 is 0.3000 and Cum. Rel. Freq. for 1 or less is 0.7500
    Freq. for 3 is 11 and Rel. Freq. is 0.1833
    Cum. Rel. Freq. for 6 or less is 0.9833
    Cum. Rel. Freq. for 7 or less is 1
  • 5.00%
  • 93.33%
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A fitness center is interested in the mean amount of time a client exercises in the center each week. Define the following in terms of the study. Give examples where appropriate.

  • Population
  • Sample
  • Parameter
  • Statistic
  • Variable
  • Data
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Ski resorts are interested in the mean age that children take their first ski and snowboard lessons. They need this information to optimally plan their ski classes. Define the following in terms of the study. Give examples where appropriate.

  • Population
  • Sample
  • Parameter
  • Statistic
  • Variable
  • Data
  • Children who take ski or snowboard lessons
  • A group of these children
  • The population mean
  • The sample mean
  • X = the age of one child who takes the first ski or snowboard lesson
  • Values for X , such as 3, 7, etc.
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A cardiologist is interested in the mean recovery period for her patients who have had heart attacks. Define the following in terms of the study. Give examples where appropriate.

  • Population
  • Sample
  • Parameter
  • Statistic
  • Variable
  • Data
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Questions & Answers

differentiate between demand and supply giving examples
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In economics, a perfect market refers to a theoretical construct where all participants have perfect information, goods are homogenous, there are no barriers to entry or exit, and prices are determined solely by supply and demand. It's an idealized model used for analysis,
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Extuples Suppose that the short-run production function of certain cut-flower firm is given by: Q=4KL-0.6K2 - 0.112 • Where is quantity of cut flower produced, I is labour input and K is fixed capital input (K-5). Determine the average product of labour (APL) and marginal product of labour (MPL)
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What is different between quantity demand and demand?
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Quantity demanded refers to the specific amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a give price and within a specific time period. Demand, on the other hand, is a broader concept that encompasses the entire relationship between price and quantity demanded
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Economic growth as an increase in the production and consumption of goods and services within an economy.but Economic development as a broader concept that encompasses not only economic growth but also social & human well being.
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In economics, the contract curve refers to the set of points in an Edgeworth box diagram where both parties involved in a trade cannot be made better off without making one of them worse off. It represents the Pareto efficient allocations of goods between two individuals or entities, where neither p
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In economics, the contract curve refers to the set of points in an Edgeworth box diagram where both parties involved in a trade cannot be made better off without making one of them worse off. It represents the Pareto efficient allocations of goods between two individuals or entities,
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Suppose a consumer consuming two commodities X and Y has The following utility function u=X0.4 Y0.6. If the price of the X and Y are 2 and 3 respectively and income Constraint is birr 50. A,Calculate quantities of x and y which maximize utility. B,Calculate value of Lagrange multiplier. C,Calculate quantities of X and Y consumed with a given price. D,alculate optimum level of output .
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Answer
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the market for lemon has 10 potential consumers, each having an individual demand curve p=101-10Qi, where p is price in dollar's per cup and Qi is the number of cups demanded per week by the i th consumer.Find the market demand curve using algebra. Draw an individual demand curve and the market dema
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suppose the production function is given by ( L, K)=L¼K¾.assuming capital is fixed find APL and MPL. consider the following short run production function:Q=6L²-0.4L³ a) find the value of L that maximizes output b)find the value of L that maximizes marginal product
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types of unemployment
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