Encyclopedia’s definition for probability is the concern for events that are not certain and the reasonableness of one expectation over another. These expectations are usually based on some facts about past events or what is known as statistics. Collier describes statistics to be the science of the classification and manipulation of data in order to draw inferences. Inferences here can be read to mean expectations‚ leading to the conclusion that the two go hand in hand in accomplishing what mankind has
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Mass media as an agent of Socializations According to the reading‚ “Socialization and Culture” from the book “Interdisciplinary English” by Loretta F. Kasper‚ Socialization is the process in which a child learns how to behave in life and participate in a group in society. Socialization has four basic/main agents: family‚ school‚ peers and the mass media. Each one of these agents plays a role in our lives. However‚ in my opinion‚ the most important agent of socialization for the development of the
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While I was reading the driver death and injury statistics‚ there were many statistics that surprised me. Firstly that distracted driving was so low on the list. Another statistic that surprised me was how many teens were killed or injured in crashes in 2015 alone. A third statistic that surprised me was that running off the road was the most common cause of crashes in teen drivers.As stated in my first paragraph‚ the fact that distracted driving was not higher on the list really surprised me
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to oppose the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787. The Anti-Federalist rejected the term and argued that they were the true Federalists. In both their correspondence and their local groups they tried to capture the term. We the Anti-Federalist were composed of diverse elements‚ such as those who opposed to the Constitution because they thought that a stronger government threatened the sovereignty and prestige of the states
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1) Suppose that an independent laboratory has tested trash bags and has found that no 30-gallon bags that are currently on the market have a mean breaking strength of 50 pounds or more. On the basis of these results‚ the producer of the new‚ improved trash bag feels sure that its 30-gallon bag will be the strongest such bag on the market if the new trash bag’s mean breaking strength can be shown to be at least 50 pounds. The mean of the sample of 40 trash bag breaking strengths in Table 1.9 is x=50
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Does asymptotic mean that the normal curve gets closer and closer to the X-axis but never actually touches it? Yes‚ asymptotic means that the curve of a line will approach 0 (the x-axis)‚ but it will not touch 0 and instead will extend to infinity. In this class‚ this applies to the normal continuous distribution and is one of the 4 key characteristics of a normal continuous distribution that our text book discusses. This means that the curve of the line will extend infinitely in both the negative
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Given the secretive nature of infidelity‚ exact figures about cheating and extra-marital affairs are nearly impossible to establish. But‚ listed below are some of the most well-supported facts about cheating. All cited sources can be found on our reference page. •It is estimated that roughly 30 to 60% of all married individuals (in the United States) will engage in infidelity at some point during their marriage (see‚ Buss and Shackelford for review of this research). And these numbers are probably
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Exercise 5-57 Assume there are 23 homes in the Quail Creek area and 9 of them have a security system. Four homes are selected at random: | (a) | What is the probability all four of the selected homes have a security system? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) | Probability | | (b) | What is the probability none of the four selected homes have a security system? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) | Probability | | (c) | What is the probability at least one
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|T F |1. |If on average y increases as x increases‚ the correlation coefficient is positive. | |T F |2. |Pearson’s correlation coefficient‚ r‚ does not depend on the units of measurement of the two variables. | |T F |3. |The value of Pearson’s r is always between 0 and 1. | |T F |4. |If r is close to 1‚ then the points lie close to a straight line with a positive
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The contingency tables and relative frequency probabilities in this exercise are based on the Springdale Shopping Survey database. Information like that gained from the two parts of this exercise could provide helpful insights into the nature of the respondents‚ their perceptions‚ and their spending behaviors. In particular‚ part 2 examines how conditional probabilities related to spending behavior might vary‚ depending on the gender of the respondent. Based on the relative frequencies for responses
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