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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4/e
Michael Thorne, Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State
Martin Giesen, Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State

The Language of Statistics

Problems

  1. List 10 examples of statistics you have encountered recently (a newspaper is a good place to start).

  2. If you haven't already read the instructions that came with your calculator, do so now. Then use the memory function of your calculator to solve the following problems:

    1. (25)(3) + (23)(5) + (22)(7) =

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    4. 8 + 7 + 12 + 3 - 10 - 6 =

    5. 82 + 72 + 52 + 22 =

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