PreparED Study Materials
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Videos
Car Theft Rates: Does Your Car Type Influence Risk?
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Explore the relationship between specific car types and their theft rates. This video assesses correlations between car models like the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, and others, emphasizing the difference between correlation and causation.
Traffic Light Wait Time: Using Probability to Decode Delays
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Explore the mathematical intricacies behind calculating the waiting time for a motorist at traffic lights. Learn about normal random variables, conditional probabilities, and the challenges in determining specific waiting durations.
Calculating Mean & Modal Class for Million-Dollar Bonuses
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Learn how to determine the mean and modal class for bonuses in millions. Understand midpoint calculations and how frequencies impact results. Gain insights into bonus distributions in the financial realm.
Analyzing Movie Habits Survey: Uncovering Hidden Biases
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Unpack the potential biases in a survey about movie-watching habits based on its design and constraints. Learn how limiting to residential phones and specific time frames can affect results. Recommendations are made to ensure a broader, more accurate perspective.
ACT Score Bet: Who Owes the Pizza? A 7.6% Chance Explained
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Discover the friendly bet between Leona and Fred surrounding their ACT scores and who owes who a pizza. Using statistical principles like Z-scores and the normal distribution, we'll decipher the odds of one outperforming the other by 5 points.
U.S. Adult Satisfaction in 2010: Confidence Interval Analysis
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Discover how to construct a confidence interval for understanding U.S. adult satisfaction. Using a sample from a 2010 Gallup Poll, we unveil the proportion of adults pleased with the state of affairs, backed by statistical calculations.