Exercise 1.12.1 (Solution on p. 48.) For each item below: i.

Identify the type of data (quantitative - discrete, quantitative - continuous, or qualitative) that would be used to describe a response. ii. Give an example of the data. a. Number of tickets sold to a concert Quantitative-discrete b. Amount of body fat Quantitative-continuous 10% body fat c. Favorite baseball team Qualitative The White Sox d. Time in line to buy groceries Quantitative-continuous 10min e. Number of students enrolled at Evergreen Valley College Quantitative-discrete 45,000 f. Mostwatched television show Qualitative South Park g. Brand of toothpaste Qualitative Brite Smile h. Distance to the closest movie theatre Quantitative-continuous 2miles i. Age of executives in Fortune 500 companies Quantitative-continuous

55, 65, 23, etc

j. Number of competing computer spreadsheet software packages Quantitative-discrete

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Exercise 1.12.4 A fitness center is interested in the average amount of time a client exercises in the center each week. Define the following in terms of the study. Give examples where appropriate. a. Population

People enrolled at fitness center

b. Sample Clients working out at the fitness center c. Parameter

Average amount of time client spends working out weekly d. Statistic Average amount of time client spends working out weekly in sample e. Variable X= number of clients exercising Y= time of an individual clients spends exercising weekly f. Data Time clients spends exercising weekly Exercise 1.12.6 A cardiologist is interested in the average recovery period for her patients who have had heart attacks. Define the following in terms of the study. Give examples where appropriate. a. Population

The patients of the cardiologist

b. Sample Patients whove recovered from heart attack c. Parameter Average recovery period of patients d. Statistic Average recovery period of patients defined in sample e. Variable X=Number of recovering heart attack patients Y=Recovery time period of specific heart attack patient f. Data Recovery period of patients who have had heart attacks Exercise 1.12.8 A politician is interested in the proportion of voters in his district that think he is doing a good job. Define the following in terms of the study. Give examples where appropriate. a. Population

Voters in politicians district

b. Sample Voters who think politician is doing a good job c. Parameter Proportion of voters in the politicians district who think hes doing a good job d. Statistic Proportion of voters in the politicians district who think hes doing a good job in the sample e. Variable X=voters in the district Y=voters that think hes doing a good job f. Data

Ratio of: voters who think politician is doing a good to all voters.

Exercise 1.12.10 Political pollsters may be interested in the proportion of people that will vote for a particular cause. Define the following in terms of the study. Give examples where appropriate. a. Population

Voters
b. Sample Voter for and or of a particular cause c. Parameter Proportion of people that will vote for a particular cause d. Statistic Proportion of people that will vote for a particular cause in the sample e. Variable X= number of voters Y= number of voters for a particular cause f. Data Ratio of: number of voters for a particular cause to the number of voters

Exercise 1.12.12 a. You cant gather information on just one weekend, there needs to be a survey not just on a certain direct flight, and not all flights have babies in them and what is considered as a baby as far as age. b. I would do this survey at two different times; one would be at their busiest times and one on their slow times. Second would be to take surveys of all flights not take different flights of the same direct flight. And lastly, determine what is considered a baby.
Exercise 1.12.14 Suppose you want to determine the average number of cans of soda drunk each month by persons in their twenties. Describe a possible sampling method in 3 - 5 complete sentences. Make the description detailed.

Though it can be argued that you may use any sampling method for this question, I will use systematic sampling. To determine the average number of cans of soda drunk each month by persons in their twenties, I will receive empirical data logs from a worldwide random selection of 10,000 twenty one year olds. The data will include the number of sodas they drank in each month over a period of 1 year. From the variables of this study I will compile my results.

Exercise 1.12.17 a. It is enough information because it focuses on a specific group. b. It is not enough information because in order to get the results for a general population we would need more people in the survey. c. With the additional information, I dont believe that all demographic and ethnic groups were equally represented a certain ethnic group or demographic could have visited the Smithsonian for that particular day and not a variety

d. It wouldnt be as accurate because not every ethnic group or demographic that gives variety will visit everyday, therefore we wouldnt be able to equally get accurate information for each individual ethnic group or demographic.

Exercise 1.2.19 D: All Lake Tahoe Community College math students Exercise 1.12.20 D: Data Exercise 1.12.21 C: Simple random sampling Exercise 1.12.22 C: Statistic Exercise 1.12.25 B: Quantitative-discrete Exercise 1.12.26 A: Simple Random