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Suppose it is your job to monitor the water quality at the local beach and to determine whether it contains high levels of certain bacteria. If there were high levels of bacteria the water may not be safe to swim in. However, the beach is very large and it is not possible to monitor the entire swimmable area of the beach.

3. Question 3 [Continued from the previous question] Suppose it is your job to monitor the water quality at the local beach and to determine whether it contains high levels…

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A data analyst who works for you is looking at data from 100 individuals on exposure to a potentially harmful substance and the levels of a blood biomarker measured on each individual. In this case higher levels of the biomarker indicate greater harm from the substance. The analyst shows you the following scatterplot of the individual’s biomarker vs. the dosage of the substance experienced by the individual.

2. Question 2 A data analyst who works for you is looking at data from 100 individuals on exposure to a potentially harmful substance and the levels of a blood…

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Suppose you are interested in looking at the relationship between season and sales of a product that your company sells. You expect that sales are highest in the winter season. An analyst on your team lets you know that at the moment, only data from the most recent winter season are available to be analyzed.

5. Question 5 Suppose you are interested in looking at the relationship between season and sales of a product that your company sells. You expect that sales are highest in…

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Suppose you run a web site and the web server that hosts the site keeps track of every visitor that comes to the site and which country they are coming from. You want to answer the question “How many of the visitors to our web site are from China?” This is an example of which type of question?

5. Question 5 Suppose you run a web site and the web server that hosts the site keeps track of every visitor that comes to the site and which country…