10.18 A large retail lawn care dealer currently provides a 2-year warranty on all lawn mowers sold at its stores. A new employee suggested that the dealer could save money by just not offering the warranty. To evaluate this suggestion, ...
The sampling design is rather complex, but at the last two stages it involves randomly selecting city blocks (or equivalent units in rural areas) and then randomly selecting one household per block to be the Nielsen household.
First, this introductory text begins with brief chapters focused on the important role that sample surveys play in the modern world. Then, each successive chapter builds on this foundation.
This manual contains worked out solutions to selected problems in the text.
Conover, Johnson, and Johnson [Technometrics, (1981), 23:351—361] conducted a simulation study of a variety of tests of ... 2f:127':1(Zij _ ELF/(N _ t) For a specified value of a, reject H0 if L 2 Faflfbdfz, where df1 I t — 1, ...
Introduces students to the design and analysis of sample surveys via a practical, engaging approach.
Provides worked-out solutions to odd-numbered exercises.
Contains fully worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises in the text, giving students a way to check their answers and ensure that they took the correct steps to arrive at an answer.
Contains the complete solutions for the answers provided in the back of the book.
Jmp-in Companion for Hildebrand/Ott's Statistical Thinking for Managers
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