STAT 243: Statistics 243

Explore the actual longevity of legendary cowboys using a detailed sociological study. With data visualization and historical references, challenge popular stereotypes and understand the reality of cowboy lives in the late 19th century.

Explore a claim from the American Animal Hospital Association that 37% of pet owners communicate with their pets over the phone. Through hypothesis testing and a z-test, evaluate a skeptical veterinarian's doubts. Conclusions shed light on pet owners' unique communication habits.

Explore the concept of assortative mating through an eye-color study of 204 Scandinavian couples. Discover how probabilities highlight nonrandom mating patterns. Conclude if eye colors of partners are independent or reveal assortative tendencies.

Discover how to compute the likelihood of observations exceeding a certain value in a chi-square distribution with 4 degrees of freedom. Using the binomial distribution formula, evaluate the chances of at most 3 out of 15 observations surpassing the 7.779 mark. Results highlight the intricacies of data distributions.

Explore the concept of mutually exclusive events in probability, using practical examples like rolling a die, selecting college students, and understanding political party registrations.

Explore the dynamics of Poisson distribution using both theoretical understanding and a practical application related to discovering uranium deposits. With the help of Bayes' formula and parameter adjustments, interpret various probabilities and outcomes for event occurrences.