Stats Help for College-level Students

Statistic qustion about adequate sampling

I have an xbar of 1000 and an Sx of 103. I have a random sample of 30. I am trying to figure out if this is an adequate sample without knowing the total population in an office. Can you lead me to a useable equation?

Simple statistical excel functions/formulas

Let's say I have two columns of numbers (5 in each column). 1/ Pls. advise of the following functions' FORMULA in excell: percentile range rank weighted average confidence correlation forecast 2/ and elaborate as to WHAT that function is telling me (how is it useful)?

Chebyshev's theorem - standard deviation

A scientific calculator operates on the average 5.3 hour before needing a recharge. According to Chebyshev's theorem, if the operating times have a standard deviation of 0.6 hour. A. Between what 2 values will at least 75% of the operating times fall? B. At least what percentage of the operating times will fall in the interval ...continues

Probability

Please explain why in a two card hand out of a deck of 52 cards the probability of getting 2 consecutive cards is 208/1326, how did you get this?

Statistics

Question 1 Assume that you are the owner of a small business that employs two people on a telephone help desk. Records show that one of the employees is busy taking calls for 40% or the time and the other is busy taking calls 55% of the time: a) What is the probability that when a new call comes in that both of the emp ...continues

Statistics Problem

1. Bill has completed a ten question multiple choice test on which he answered seven questions correctly. Each question had one correct answer to be chosen from four alternatives. Bill says that he answered the test by randomly selecting the answers without reading the questions or answers. a. What is the expected number of ...continues

Stats Problem

1. A group of day to day workers can work either 0 hours, eight hours or 12 hours at a pay rate of $9.75 per hour. (The 12 hour day pays regular time for the first eight hours and double time for the remaining four hours.) On any given day there is a 0.2 probability of not working at all, 0.7 probability of working an eight ho ...continues

Stats Problem

1. The camera department of a large department store sells three different brands of cameras: Proxima, Yakima, and Tetron. Approximately 60% of the cameras sold are Yakimas with Tetrons accounting for 30% of sales and Proxima the remaining 10%. Store records show that approximately ¼ of those who purchase a Yakima return with ...continues

statistics problem

The lengths of adult earthworms are normal with mean 8.6cm. and standard deviation 1.6cm. 40 adult earthworms are chosen at random. Approximate the probability that at lease 18 of them are less than 4.5cm.long.

Permutations: The maximum number of distinct arrangements.

How many distinct ways are there to arrange the letters in the word PARALLEL so that (a)the "P" and the "R" occur next to each other; (b)the "P" and the "R" do not occur adjacent to each other; (c)there are no consecutive L's