Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321911210
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-121-6

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Statistics - Section 1.1 An Overview of Statistics - Exercises - Page 8: 47

Answer

a) Senior citizens from the sample have better memories if they live in Florida than if they don't live in Florida. b) It can imply that you will have better memory if you live in Florida which is incorrect.

Work Step by Step

a) This inference can easily be inferred from the data presented in the statistic. b) The inference that is inferred is inaccurate which makes this type of reasoning unreliable and wrong.
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