TABLE 6-3
Suppose the time interval between two consecutive defective light bulbs from a
production line has a uniform distribution over an interval from 0 to 90 minutes.
Referring to Table 6-3, what is the probability that the time interval between two
consecutive defective light bulbs will be less than 10 minutes?
TABLE 16-4
The number of cases of merlot wine sold by a Paso Robles winery in an 8-year period
follows.
Referring to Table 16-4, a centered 3-year moving average is to be constructed for the
wine sales. The moving average for 2006 is ________.
TABLE 17-10
Given below are results from the regression analysis where the dependent variable is
the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff (Unemploy) and the
independent variables are the age of the worker (Age), the number of years of education
received (Edu), the number of years at the previous job (Job Yr), a dummy variable for
marital status (Married: 1 = married, 0 = otherwise), a dummy variable for head of
household (Head: 1 = yes, 0 = no) and a dummy variable for management position
(Manager: 1 = yes, 0 = no). We shall call this Model 1. The coefficient of partial
determination ( ) of each of the 6 predictors are, respectively,
0.2807, 0.0386, 0.0317, 0.0141, 0.0958, and 0.1201.
Model 2 is the regression analysis where the dependent variable is Unemploy and the
independent variables are Age and Manager. The results of the regression analysis are
given below:
Referring to Table 17-10, Model 1, predict the number of weeks being unemployed due
to a layoff for a worker who is a thirty-year-old, has 10 years of education, has 15 years
of experience at the previous job, is married, is the head of household and is a manager.
TABLE 17-9
What are the factors that determine the acceleration time (in sec.) from 0 to 60 miles per
hour of a car? Data on the following variables for 171 different vehicle models were
collected:
Accel Time: Acceleration time in sec.
Cargo Vol: Cargo volume in cu. ft.
HP: Horsepower
MPG: Miles per gallon
SUV: 1 if the vehicle model is an SUV with Coupe as the base when SUV and Sedan
are both 0
Sedan: 1 if the vehicle model is a sedan with Coupe as the base when SUV and Sedan
are both 0
The regression results using acceleration time as the dependent variable and the
remaining variables as the independent variables are presented below.
The various residual plots are as shown below.
The coefficient of partial determination ( ) of each of the 5
predictors are, respectively, 0.0380, 0.4376, 0.0248, 0.0188, and 0.0312.
The coefficient of multiple determination for the regression model using each of the 5
variables Xj as the dependent variable and all other X variables as independent variables
( ) are, respectively, 0.7461, 0.5676, 0.6764, 0.8582, 0.6632.
Referring to Table 17-9, what is the p-value of the test statistic to determine whether
Cargo Vol makes a significant contribution to the regression model in the presence of
the other independent variables at a 5% level of significance?
TABLE 5-9
A major hotel chain keeps a record of the number of mishandled bags per 1,000
customers. In a recent year, the hotel chain had 4.06 mishandled bags per 1,000
customers. Assume that the number of mishandled bags has a Poisson distribution.
Referring to Table 5-9, what is the probability that in the next 1,000 customers, the
hotel chain will have at least two mishandled bags?
A prison official wants to estimate the proportion of cases of recidivism. Examining the
records of 250 convicts, the official determines that there are 65 cases of recidivism. A
confidence interval will be obtained for the proportion of cases of recidivism. Part of
this calculation includes the estimated standard error of the sample proportion. For this
sample, the estimated standard error is ________.