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A random sample of 140 forty-year-old men contains 25 smokers. Find the P-value for a hypothesis test to determine whether the percentage of forty-year-old men that smoke differs from 22.
 
  A) 0.4010 B) 0.3898 C) 0.1949 D) 0.1401

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The heights of adult women have a bell-shaped distribution. Give an example of a data set whose distribution is likely to be right skewed. Explain why you think the distribution will be skewed to the right.
 
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Answer to Question 1

B

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Answers will vary. An example of a right skewed distribution might be the ages of all members (e.g. athletes, coaches) of a gymnastics team. A majority of the members would be quite young, however the older athletes and coaches will skew the distribution to the right.





 

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