3.Net Neutrality.. Original idea or thought 350 words each. In August 2010, Google and Verizon announced a proposal for new legislative oversight of the Internet. So far, public reaction has been overwhelmingly negative, with critics quick to note for example that the legislation would let the owners of mobile networks (e.g. 3G and EDGE) prioritize web traffic and thus privilege certain forms of content over others. Moreover, as Craig Aaron, managing director of Free Press points out, (Opens new window) The deal would allow ISPs to effectively split the Internet into "two pipes" -- one of which would be reserved for "managed services," a pay-for-play platform for content and applications. This is the proverbial toll road on the information superhighway, a fast lane reserved for the select few, while the rest of us are stuck on the cyber-equivalent of a winding dirt road. Reply to this discussion 150 words each. 3.I really feel like Canadian Pop Culture is affected by the United States of America. Most of the popular shows, movies, and songs are created in United States. If you look at the two famous Canadian artists ( Drake and Justin Bieber) they are signed with American music labels. The top twenty television shows are produced in America. There are few shows the are Canadian produced such as Degrassi, Gilmore Girls, and Dragons Den. The big six media companies control 90% of what we see on television which is bad for the viewers. These corporations slowly brainwash us with their views and beliefs with advertisements and bias news. This limits creativity and diversity in the media. In today's society i feel that whoever controls the media has lots of power which can influence the nation greatly 3.Net Neutrality .. Original idea or thought 350 words each. In August 2010, Google and Verizon announced a proposal for new legislative oversight of the Internet. So far, public reaction has been overwhelmingly nega tive, with critics quick to note for example that the legislation would let the owners of mobile networks (e.g. 3G and EDGE) prioritize web traffic and thus privilege certain forms of content over others. Moreover, as Craig Aaron, managing director of Free Press points out, (Opens new window) The deal would allow ISPs to effectively split the Internet into "two pipes" -- one of which would be reserved for "managed services," a pay - for - play platform for content and applications. This is the proverbial toll r oad on the information superhighway, a fast lane reserved for the select few, while the rest of us are stuck on the cyber - equivalent of a winding dirt road. Reply to this discussion 150 words each. 3.I really feel like Canadian Pop Culture is affected by the United States of America. Most of the popular shows, movies, and songs are created in United States. If you look at the two famous Canadian artists ( Drake and Justin Bieber) they are signed with American music labels. The top twenty television shows a.

1. 3.Net Neutrality.. Original idea or thought 350 words each.
In August 2010, Google and Verizon announced a proposal for
new legislative oversight of the Internet. So far, public reaction
has been overwhelmingly negative, with critics quick to note for
example that the legislation would let the owners of mobile
networks (e.g. 3G and EDGE) prioritize web traffic and thus
privilege certain forms of content over others. Moreover, as
Craig Aaron, managing director of Free Press points out, (Opens
new window) The deal would allow ISPs to effectively split the
Internet into "two pipes" -- one of which would be reserved for
"managed services," a pay-for-play platform for content and
applications. This is the proverbial toll road on the information
superhighway, a fast lane reserved for the select few, while the
rest of us are stuck on the cyber-equivalent of a winding dirt
road.
Reply to this discussion 150 words each.
3.I really feel like Canadian Pop Culture is affected by the
United States of America. Most of the popular shows, movies,
and songs are created in United States. If you look at the two
famous Canadian artists ( Drake and Justin Bieber) they are
signed with American music labels. The top twenty television
shows are produced in America. There are few shows the are
Canadian produced such as Degrassi, Gilmore Girls, and
Dragons Den. The big six media companies control 90% of what
we see on television which is bad for the viewers. These
corporations slowly brainwash us with their views and beliefs
with advertisements and bias news. This limits creativity and
diversity in the media. In today's society i feel that whoever
controls the media has lots of power which can influence the
nation greatly
3.Net Neutrality
..

2. Original idea or thought 350 words each.
In August 2010, Google and Verizon announced a proposal for
new legislative oversight of the
Internet. So far, public reaction has been overwhelmingly nega
tive, with critics quick to note for
example that the legislation would let the owners of mobile
networks (e.g. 3G and EDGE)
prioritize web traffic and thus privilege certain forms of content
over others. Moreover, as Craig
Aaron, managing director of Free
Press points out, (Opens new window) The deal would allow
ISPs to effectively split the Internet into "two pipes"
--
one of which would be reserved for
"managed services," a pay
-
for
-
play platform for content and applications. This is the
proverbial
toll r
oad on the information superhighway, a fast lane reserved for
the select few, while the rest
of us are stuck on the cyber
-
equivalent of a winding dirt road.
Reply to this
discussion 150 words each.
3.I really feel like Canadian Pop Culture is affected by the

3. United States of America. Most of
the
popular shows, movies, and songs are created in United States.
If you look at the two famous
Canadian artists ( Drake and Justin Bieber) they are signed with
American music labels. The top
twenty television shows are produced in America. There are few
show
s the are Canadian
produced such as Degrassi, Gilmore Girls, and Dragons Den.
The big six media companies
control 90% of what we see on television which is bad for the
viewers. These corporations
slowly brainwash us with their views and beliefs with advert
isements and bias news. This limits
creativity and diversity in the media. In today's society i feel
that whoever controls the media has
lots of power which can influence the nation greatly
1. (4 points) Researchers from a psychiatry department are
examining the effectiveness of a new medication on moderate-
to-severe symptoms of anxiety. The study requires volunteers
who are at least 18 years old and in general good health and
who are not taking oral medications for their anxiety. The study
lasts 23 weeks. The researchers are offering a small payment as
a compensation for participation.
Is this an ideal data collection method? Can the results be
considered reliable? Can the gathered data be representative of
the population?

4. Give two reasons to support or reject the method of recruiting
volunteers to gather information in this statistical study.
2. (10 points) 24 students were randomly selected and asked
how many CDs they owned. Their answers were as follows:
55 30 60 5 50 20 35 67 75 0 30 59 25 68 15 20 70 35
65 25 30 48 50 45
(a.) Find the mean, median, and mode, which best describes the
number of CDs owned.

5. (b.) Draw a box plot for this data, clearly labeling the minimum,
maximum, and first and third quartiles. (Note: if you are not
able to draw a boxplot, list the points that would be a part of
that plot.)
(c.) What is the standard deviation? What does this tell you
about the data?
3. (6 points) X is a variable of random numbers between 0
and 5; X has a uniform distribution.

6. (a.) On another page, draw a picture of the distribution (you
will not need to turn this in). What does it look like?
(b.) Find P(X<2)
(c.) Find P(1<X<3)

7. 4. (6 points) A computer software supplier has developed a
new record-keeping package for use by hospitals. The company
feels that the probability that the new package will show a
profit in its first year is 0.6, unless a competitor introduces a
product of comparable quality this year, in which case the
probability of a first-year profit drops to 0.3. The supplier
suggests that there is a 50-50 chance (there is a 50%
probability) that a comparable product will be introduced this
year. Define the following events:
A. A competitor introduces a comparable product.
B. The record-keeping package is profitable in its first year.
(a.) What is the probability that both A and B will occur?
(b.) What is the probability that either A or B will occur?

8. 5. (5 points) The following table gives the distribution of
hours of study for a class.
Hours
of Study
0
1
2
3
4
5
6

9. 7
8
Probability
0.08
0.14
0.25
0.18
0.13
0.11
0.07
0.03
0.01
(a.) What is the average number of hours studied for this class?

10. (b.) What is the standard deviation?
6. (4 points) A standard deviation is
(a.) A measure of central tendency
(b.) Useful in doing scatterplots
(c.) A measure of variation in data
(d.) Is always between -1 and +1

11. 7. (10 points) Christine went for a routine medical exam. The
next morning, her physician phoned to tell her that one of her
tests came back positive, indicating she may have disease D.
The physician told her that the probability that the test will be

12. accurate is 0.95. According to the physician, even though only
1% of women of Christine’s age actually has D, the test is a
good indicator that Christine may have the disease. When
someone does not have D, the probability that the test is
correctly negative is 0.95.
(a.) Draw a tree diagram for all possible outcomes.
(b.) What is the probability that Christine’s test is positive?

13. 9. (6 points) Suppose that vehicle speeds (X) at a highway
location have a normal distribution with a mean of 62 mph and
standard deviation of 5 mph.
(a.) What is the probability that the speed of a randomly
selected vehicle at this location is between 60 and 70 mph?
(b.) What is the probability that the speed of a randomly
selected vehicle at this location is less than 55 mph [P(X<55)]?

14. 10. (10 points) The following table includes data about the
height, in inches, of adult males and the height of their parents.
Father's Height
Mother's Height
Son's Height
70
66
62.2
69
58
64.6
64
66
69.1
71
68
73.9
68
64
67.1
66

15. 62
64.4
76
67
68.7
74
66
71.1
73
63
70.6
77
68
64.7
62
64
67.4
69
65
69.3
54
67
63.8
67
64
64.9
80
64
68.1
72
62
66.5
66
69
67.5
72

16. 62
66.5
(a.) Use your calculator to do scatterplots for these data.
Which is the independent variable? Which is the dependent
variable? Describe what the plot looks like. Are there any
outliers?
(b.) From your plot(s), can you tell if there is a relationship
between the heights of sons and their parents?
Is the relationship between the son and his mother or father
greater than the other? How can you tell?
What are the correlations?

17. (c.) Write a linear equation for the relationship between the
heights of sons and their fathers.

18. (d.) Using that equation, how tall would you expect the son of
a 6.4 feet (76.8 inches) father to be?

19. 11. (1 point each/9 points total) Fill in the blank spaces.
To identify a particular normal curve, you must know the
__________ and __________ for that distribution. To convert a
particular normal curve to the standard normal curve, you must
convert original observations into __________. Although there
are an infinite number of different normal curves, there is
__________ standard normal curve. The standard normal curve
has a __________ of zero and a __________ of one. A z score
indicates how many __________ an observation is __________
or __________ the mean of the distribution.

20. 12. (10 points) The following data represent the number of
driver fatalities (in thousands) in the United States in 2002 by
age for male and female drivers.
Age
Male
Female
16-20
6.1
3.1
21-34
12.9
4.7
35-54
15.8
6.1
55-69
5.8
2.6
70 and over
4.4

21. 2.9
(a.) What is the probability that a randomly selected fatality is
a male between 16 and 20?
(b.) What is the probability that a fatality is a female?
(c.) If we know that the driver was a female, what is the
probability that she was 70 or over?
(d.) What is the probability that a driver fatality was either a
female or between 35 and 54?
(e.) If a driver fatality was between the ages of 16 and 20, was
it more likely to be a male or a female?
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