HMA 112: Statistics and Probability

In each statement that follows, tell whether descriptive or inferential statistics has been used.
1. The average age of the students in your psychology class is 20.1 years.
2. Of the students enrolled in Introduction to Engineering at Royal Oak Junior College this
semester, 92% are male and 8% are female.
3. Teaching calculus by the computer method is more effective than teaching by the
lecture method.
4. In the upcoming election, the pollsters have predicted that an incumbent will receive
63% of the vote and the new candidate will receive 37%.
5. During the Thanksgiving weekend last year, 73 people died in traffic accidents in New
York.
6. From past figures, it has been predicted that 37% of registered voters will vote in the
November election.
7. There is a relationship between smoking tobacco and an increased risk of developing
lung cancer.
8. The chances of your being robbed next year are 3 out of 200.
9. The chances of your winning the lottery on any given day are 1 out of 167,000.
10.According to insurance company figures, the chance of your living to age 83 is 62.8%.

Classify each variable as qualitative or quantitative.

1. Colors of automobiles in a dealer’s showroom
2. Number of seats in movie theaters.
3. Classification of patients based on nursing care needed (complete, partial, or self-care)
4. Lengths of newborn cats of a certain species
5. Number of complaint letters received by an airline per month

Classify each variable as discrete or continuous.

1. Number of cartons of milk manufactured each day
2. Temperatures of airplane interiors at a given airport
3. Incomes of college students on work-study programs
4. Lifetimes of transistors in a stereo set
5. Weights of newborn calves
6. Number of tomatoes on each plant in a field
7. Number of books in each professor’s office on campus
8. Capacity (in quarts) of water in automobile engines
9. Bushels of wheat produced in the United States last year
10.Miles driven by the Port Authority bus drivers each day