Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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Author: Peter Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 13E
Starting in 2004, a study to determine the number of lake sturgeon on Rainy River and Lake of the Woods on the United States-Canada border was conducted by the Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the Rainy River First Nations. Using the capture-recapture method, the size of the population of lake sturgeon on Rainy River and Lake of the Woods was estimated at
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A company studied the number of lost-time accidents occurring at its Brownsville, Texas, plant. Historical records show that 6% of the employees suffered lost-time accidents last year. Management believes that a special safety program will reduce such accidents to 5% during the current year. In addition, it estimates that 15% of employees who had lost-timeaccidents last year will experience a lost-time accident during the current year.
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Chapter 14 Solutions
Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
Ch. 14 - As part of a sixth-grade class project the teacher...Ch. 14 - As part of a sixth-grade class project the teacher...Ch. 14 - Madison County has a population of 34,522 people....Ch. 14 - Madison County has a population of 34,522 people....Ch. 14 - A big concert was held at the Bowl. Men and women...Ch. 14 - A large jar contains an unknown number of red...Ch. 14 - You want to estimate how many fish there are in a...Ch. 14 - To estimate the population in a rookery, 4965 fur...Ch. 14 - To count whale populations, the capture is done by...Ch. 14 - The critically endangered Mauis dolphin is...
Ch. 14 - Exercises 11 and 12 refer to Chapmans correction....Ch. 14 - Exercises 11 and 12 refer to Chapmans correction....Ch. 14 - Starting in 2004, a study to determine the number...Ch. 14 - Exercises 25 through 28 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Name the sampling method that best describes each...Ch. 14 - An audit is performed on last years 15, 000...Ch. 14 - Exercise17 through 20 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercise17 through 20 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercise17 through 20 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercise17 through 20 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Prob. 21ECh. 14 - Prob. 22ECh. 14 - Prob. 23ECh. 14 - Prob. 24ECh. 14 - Exercises 25 through 28 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercises 25 through 28 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercises 25 through 28 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercises 29 and 30 refer to the following story:...Ch. 14 - Exercises 29 and 30 refer to the following story:...Ch. 14 - Prob. 31ECh. 14 - Prob. 32ECh. 14 - Exercises 33 through 36 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercises 33 through 36 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercises 33 through 36 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercises 33 through 36 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Exercises 37 through 40 refer to a clinical study...Ch. 14 - Exercises 37 through 40 refer to a clinical study...Ch. 14 - Exercises 37 through 40 refer to a clinical study...Ch. 14 - Prob. 40ECh. 14 - Prob. 41ECh. 14 - Exercises 41 through 44 refer to a clinical trial...Ch. 14 - Prob. 43ECh. 14 - Exercises 41 through 44 refer to a clinical trial...Ch. 14 - Prob. 45ECh. 14 - Prob. 46ECh. 14 - Exercises 45 through 48 refer to a study on the...Ch. 14 - Prob. 48ECh. 14 - Exercises 49 through 52 refer to a landmark study...Ch. 14 - Prob. 50ECh. 14 - Exercises 49 through 52 refer to a landmark study...Ch. 14 - Prob. 52ECh. 14 - Exercises 53 through 56 refer to a study conducted...Ch. 14 - Prob. 54ECh. 14 - Exercises53_ through 56_ refer to a study...Ch. 14 - Exercises53 through 56 refer to a study conducted...Ch. 14 - Prob. 57ECh. 14 - Prob. 58ECh. 14 - Exercises 57 through 60 refer to the following...Ch. 14 - Prob. 60ECh. 14 - Prob. 61ECh. 14 - Prob. 62ECh. 14 - Prob. 63ECh. 14 - Prob. 64ECh. 14 - Read the examples of informal surveys given in...Ch. 14 - Leading-question bias. The way the questions in...Ch. 14 - Prob. 67ECh. 14 - Prob. 68ECh. 14 - Prob. 69ECh. 14 - Prob. 70ECh. 14 - Prob. 71ECh. 14 - Prob. 72ECh. 14 - One of the problems with the capture-recapture...Ch. 14 - Darrochs method. is a method for estimating the...
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