Problem In each of the following cases, explain why it would be more appropriate

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Problem In each of the following cases, explain why it would be more appropriate to model the rate or the mean of the response. (a) The Hershey Company finds their vats of chocolate infested with worms. To assess the damage, they collect samples of chocolate and record the number of worms and the volume of each sample. (b) In a survey of alcoholism, students are asked to report the average number of alcoholic drinks they consune each week egarding the length been at CSUF and the number of movie stars they've seen on campus.

Explanation / Answer

a) here we are considering both numbers of worms and the volume of each sample, hence rate is appropriate measure , as sample volume would change everytme

b)
here we are interested in average number of alcoholic drinks they consume each week , hence mean is appropriate

c)

again the number of movies on campus and length of time and number of movies seen , hence we must calculate the rate for every student as

number of movies / length of stay for different students

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