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Suppose you have a data set with the following five-number summary: Minimum = 26, Q1 = 32, Median = 34, Q3 = 38, Maximum = 58. What is the upper cutoff point for potential outliers? (By upper cutoff point, we mean the number such that anything greater than it is an outlier). 

Below is shown a table of IRS income tax returns from 2013 by three income categories, along with whether or not that tax return was audited. Were having an income over $1,000,000 and being audited independent in 2013? Why or why not?

Many fire stations handle emergency calls for medical assistance as well as calls requesting firefighting equipment. A particular station says that the probability that an incoming call is for medical assistance is .85. Assuming that successive calls are independent of one another, what is the probability that two successive calls will both be for medical assistance? 

Question: think about ERP for an organization, it is analogous to the _______ for a human body.

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A nurse is caring for a client who was exposed to Anthrax.  Which of the following antibiotics should the nurse plan to administer?

A provider orders a dose of 12mg Betamethasone to be given IM every 24 hours. The pharmacy provides Betamethasone 6mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? Round to the nearest tenth. Enter numerical value only.

A provider orders a loading dose of Magnesium Sulfate 4g to be given IV over 20 minutes. The medication is supplied as 4g in 100mL of D5W. At what rate (mL/hr) should the nurse set the pump? Round to the nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only.

A 4-year-old child is to receive 500mL of D5 NS over 12 hours.  The IV tubing has a drip rate of 15gtt/min. At what rate (mL/hr) should the nurse set the pump? Round to the nearest tenth. Enter numeric value only.

In corn, purple kernels are dominant over yellow kernels and full kernels are dominant over shrunken kernels. A corn plant having purple and full kernels is crossed with a plant having yellow and shrunken kernels, and following progeny are obtained   Phenotypes Number observed Purple, Full 112 Purple, Shrunken 103 Yellow, Full 91 Yellow, Shrunken 94 Total: 400 Based on the chi-square test, can we conclude that the progeny are segregating in the expected ratio and the variation between the expected and observed numbers is due to chance?