Question 1

Netflix's and Amazon's ability to suggest books and movies you might like is based on algorithms that show:

Accepted Answer

Netflix and Amazon use algorithms that analyze your past behavior to find correlations between the items you've interacted with and suggest new items you might like. This process is based on identifying patterns and relationships in the data, which is essentially what correlation is about.

Question 2

Is there correlation between height and longevity? Do some quick online research and find data and specific examples that prove your point in the most objective manner possible.

Accepted Answer

The longest living Japenese are Okinawans, who are the smallest. The longest living Pakistanis are Hunzas, who are also the smallest. A regression analysis conducted by the coroner of Cuyahoga County of Ohio showed that each additional inch of height reduced the age of death by 1.2 years.

Question 3

Define correlation.

Accepted Answer

Correlation measures the degree to which two phenomena are related to one another.

Question 4

Create a relative frequency distribution for each network and then use them to make a recommendation to an advertising client for selling a youth sports program, beer, and a retirement community, and explain why.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

You have ten part-time employees who worked 20, 25, 25, 30, 31, 32, 27, 21, 22, and 15 hours during the week. Calculate the mean, median and mode for the hours worked during the week.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Calculate the weighted hourly average wage for the data provided in previous question by incorporating the following hourly pay information. The workers who worked 15, 20, 21, and 22 hours earn $10 per hour while all the other workers earn $12 per hour. What is the weighted average hourly wage?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Assume someone offers you the following bet. She suggests that she and you toss two coins at a time. The possible outcomes would be 2 heads, 2 tales, or a heads and a tales. They suggest if two heads or two tales are tossed they win, but if one heads and one tales are tossed you win. They suggest that since you have one chance to win and they have two chances to win if you win they will pay you $1.00, but if they win you owe her 50 cents each time. She suggests that in the long run, you would be equal. Is she correct?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Which of the following is NOT the primary goal of sport team analytics?

Accepted Answer

The primary goal of sport team analytics is to enhance team performance, improve fan engagement, and optimize business operations, such as ticket sales and marketing strategies. Obtaining customer credit card data is not a primary goal of sports analytics; it is more related to data privacy and security concerns.

Question 9

Imagine a box office manager reducing the price of a $100 ticket by 25% to help stimulate sales. Then a major event makes the game a must-have ticket and the same manager decides to raise prices of the discounted ticket by 25%. What will the ticket sell for?

Accepted Answer

First, the ticket price is reduced by 25%, making it $75 ($100 - $25). Then, a 25% increase on $75 is $18.75, making the final price $93.75 ($75 + $18.75).

Quiz 14: Data Analysis and Probability