Problem 30
\(1,3,5,7\), and 9 are odd and 0,2, 4,6, and 8 are even. Consider a 30 -digit line from a random number table. a. How many of the 30 digits would you expect to be odd on average? b. If you actually counted, would you get exactly the number you predicted in part a? Explain.
Problem 31
According to The Washington Post, \(72 \%\) of high school seniors have a driver's license. Suppose we take a random sample of 100 high school seniors and find the proportion who have a driver's license. a. What value should we expect for our sample proportion? b. What is the standard error? c. Use your answers to parts a and \(\mathrm{b}\) to complete this sentence: We expect _____% to have their driver鈥檚 license, give or take _____%. d. Suppose we increased the sample size from 100 to 500 . What effect would this have on the standard error? Recalculate the standard error to see if your prediction was correct.
Problem 40
Suppose it is known that \(60 \%\) of employees at a company use a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) benefit. a. If a random sample of 200 employees is selected, do we expect that exactly \(60 \%\) of the sample uses an FSA? Why or why not? b. Find the standard error for samples of size 200 drawn from this population. What adjustments could be made to the sampling method to produce a sample proportion that is more precise?
Problem 41
According to a 2017 article in The Washington Post, \(72 \%\) of high school seniors have a driver's license. Suppose we take a random sample of 100 high school seniors and find the proportion who have a driver's license. Find the probability that more than \(75 \%\) of the sample has a driver's license. Begin by verifying that the conditions for the Central Limit Theorem for Sample Proportions have been met.
Problem 42
According to a 2017 Pew Research report, \(40 \%\) of millennials have a BA degree. Suppose we take a random sample of 500 millennials and find the proportion who have a driver's license. Find the probability that at most \(35 \%\) of the sample has a BA degree. Begin by verifying that the conditions for the Central Limit Theorem for Sample Proportions have been met.
Problem 44
According to a 2018 Pew Research report, \(40 \%\) of Americans read print books exclusively (rather than reading some digital books). Suppose a random sample of 500 Americans is selected. a. What percentage of the sample would we expect to read print books exclusively? b. Verify that the conditions for the Central Limit Theorem are met. c. What is the standard error for this sample proportion? d. Complete this sentence: We expect _____% of Americans to read print books exclusively, give or take _____%.
Problem 45
According to a 2017 Pew Research survey, \(60 \%\) of young Americans aged 18 to 29 say the primary way they watch television is through streaming services on the Internet. Suppose a random sample of 200 Americans from this age group is selected. a. What percentage of the sample would we expect to watch television primarily through streaming services? b. Verify that the conditions for the Central Limit Theorem are met. c. Would it be surprising to find that 125 people in the sample watched television primarily through streaming services? Why or why not? d. Would it be surprising to find that more than \(74 \%\) of the sample watched television primarily through streaming services? Why or why not?
Problem 46
According to a 2017 survey conducted by Netflix, \(46 \%\) of couples have admitted to "cheating" on their significant other by streaming a TV show ahead of their partner. Suppose a random sample of 80 Netflix subscribers is selected. a. What percentage of the sample would we expect have "cheated" on their partner? b. Verify that the conditions for the Central Limit Theorem are met. c. What is the standard error for this sample proportion? d. Complete the sentence: We expect _____% of streaming couples to admit to Netflix 鈥渃heating,鈥 give or take _____%.
Problem 47
According to a 2017 Pew Research Center report on voting issues, \(59 \%\) of Americans feel that the everything should be done to make it easy for every citizen to vote. Suppose a random sample of 200 Americans is selected. We are interested in finding the probability that the proportion of the sample who feel with way is greater than \(55 \%\). a. Without doing any calculations, determine whether this probability will be greater than \(50 \%\) or less than \(50 \%\). Explain your reasoning. b. Calculate the probability that the sample proportion is \(55 \%\) or more.
Problem 48
According to a 2018 Pew Research Center report on social media use, \(28 \%\) of American adults use Instagram. Suppose a sample of 150 American adults is randomly selected. We are interested in finding the probability that the proportion of the sample who use Instagram is greater than \(30 \%\). a. Without doing any calculations, determine whether this probability will be greater than \(50 \%\) or less than \(50 \%\). Explain your reasoning. b. Calculate the probability that the sample proportion is \(30 \%\) or more.