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A journalist takes a random sample of UF students and asks them how much they spend on the cell phone service per month.  Suppose that a journalist wants to create a graph of the responses for the college newspaper. What type of graph should she make?

Does someone’s current age affect what they think is an appropriate retirement age? People were polled about both their current age and what they thought would be an appropriate retirement age. They wanted to predict the “appropriate retirement age” by using their current age. The data below is only for male participants.   The average of current age was 33.53 and the standard deviation was 13.84 . The average of appropriate age of retirement was 61.54 and the standard deviation was 8.90. The value for correlation was 0.2021 .   Find the least squares regression equation.

 Below  are box plots of the vertical jump distance for participants in the NFL combine in 2014 grouped by position (POS). What position overall had the highest median  vertical jump distance? 

On July 9th, 2015, the Gallup organization posted an article on their website titled “Most U.S. Smartphone Owners Check Phone at least Hourly”. They showed this information in their article. The participants were asked how often they used their smartphone for any reason. The results from the participants are shown per age.   % Every few minutes % A few times an hour 18-29 yrs.  22 51 30-49 yrs. 12 47   What aspect of the field of statistics is this?

The heights of male students at a university have a mean of 71 inches. The values go from 62 to 79 inches. Assume that the data is normally distributed. Which of the following is a plausible value for the standard deviation?

The below stem and leaf plot states the petal width(cm) of a sample of 150 irises.     What is the minimum petal width?

A patient with a tracheostomy who is on a mechanical ventilator is beginning to take spontaneous breaths at his own rate and tidal volume between set ventilator breaths. Which mode is the ventilator on? 

A nurse is caring for a patient who has a prescription to receive enoxaparin (Lovenox) 1mg/kg. This drug is available in a concentration of 30mg/0.3mL. The patient weighs 187 pounds. What dose would the nurse administer, in milliliters? Round answer to nearest hundredth place. 

Opponents of affirmative action argue that it lowers personnel standards by forcing an employer to hire applicants 

During the political era in American policing, local politicians rewarded their friends with jobs on the police force. This practice was known as _____.