Consider the statement below and determine the appropriatene…

Consider the statement below and determine the appropriateness of type of probability assigned. “Based on housing data, the chance that a new student will move to a new residence across the road from Felbry College during the coming semester is 3 in 5.” This is a subjective probability based on opinion of the speaker.

Twenty people, including yourself, are to measure the width…

Twenty people, including yourself, are to measure the width of a room to the tenth of millimeter. Assume that everyone uses the same well calibrated measuring device such as a tape measure. All measurements are not likely to be exactly the same; some will be higher than the true value and some lower. These differences represent  random errors. If you want to minimize the effect of random errors in determining the width of the room, the better choice is to report the mean (average) of all measurements.