A Bottler of Drinking Water Fills Plastic Bottles with a Mean

question 71

Multiple Choice

A bottler of drinking water fills plastic bottles with a mean volume of 998 milliliters (mL) and standard deviation 7 mL. The fill volumes are normally distributed. What
Proportion of bottles have volumes greater than 999 mL?

• A) 0.8051
• B) 1.0000
• C) 0.6293
• D) 0.4443

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure, often denoted as R^2, that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors, which measures the total deviation of response values from the fit values in statistical models.

SST

Sum of Squares Total, a statistical measure that represents the total variance in a dataset.

Correlation Coefficient

A statistical measure that describes the extent of the linear relationship between two variables, ranging from -1 to 1.