The data below is a sampling of the percentage of smokers in a country's population.
Suppose an additional country were added to the data with a smoking rate of 22.5%.
How would the mean and median be affected?
A landlocked student believes that people would prefer to live near the ocean if they could afford the additional expense. To test this, the student wants to see whether states bordering an ocean are more likely to have a larger percent of wealthy families than states without an ocean coast. The student collects data from the 50 U.S. states on the percent of families making over $200,000 a year along with whether the state has an ocean coast (where 1 means the state has an ocean coast).
Based on the regression results given below, what can be said at the 95% confidence level?
A pharmaceutical company is developing a drug that aims to reduce the recovery time (in days) for a particular illness. To test the effect, the company gives 200 randomly selected patients a placebo and 200 randomly selected patients the new drug. The findings from the study are provided below.
Based on this output and a confidence level of 95%, which of the following options would be considered correct?
On July 1st, a company paid $12,000 for an annual insurance policy covering the month of July through the following June. Which of the following statements reflects how this payment would be recorded on July 1st under the accrual method?
In calculating cash flows, which of the following scenarios would lead to a decrease in net working capital?