Paper strength, 274 Particle board, 574 Product quality, 431 Property values, 642, 649 Raisins, 408–409 Rating tobacco leaves, 666 Real estate prices, 113 School workers, 339–340, 383–384 Service times, 32 Shipping charges, 172 Sports salaries, 59 Starbucks, 59 Strawberries, 514, 521, 533 Supermarket prices, 659–660 Tax assessors, 416–417 Tax audits, 236 Teaching credentials, 207–208 Telecommuting, 609–610 Telemarketers, 195 Timber tracts, 73 Tuna fish, 59, 73, 90, 397, 407–408, 431, 461–462 Utility bills in southern California, 66, 86 Vacation destinations, 217 Vehicle colors, 624 Warehouse shopping, 477–478 Water resistance in textiles, 475 Worker error, 162 List of Applications Business and Economics Actuaries, 172 Advertising campaigns, 655 Airline occupancy rates, 361 America’s market basket, 415–416 Assembling electronic equipment, 460 Auto accidents, 328 Auto insurance, 58, 415, 477 Baseball bats, 286 Bidding on construction jobs, 476–477 Black jack, 286 Brass rivets, 286 Charitable contributions, 102 Coal burning power plant, 286 Coffee breaks, 172 College textbooks, 563–564 Color TVs, 638 Construction projects, 574–575 Consumer confidence, 306 Consumer Price Index, 101–102 Cordless phones, 124–125 Corporate profits, 565 Cost of flying, 520–521 Cost of lumber, 462, 466 Deli sales, 274 Does college pay off?, 362 Drilling oil wells, 171 Economic forecasts, 236 e-shopping, 317 Flextime, 362 Fortune 500 revenues, 58 Gas mileage, 475 Glare in rearview mirrors, 475 Grant funding, 156 Grocery costs, 113 Hamburger meat, 85, 234–235, 316–317, 361, 399 HDTVs, 59, 114, 526 Homeschool teachers, 623–624 Housing prices, 532–533 Inspection lines, 157 Internet on-the-go, 46–47 Interstate commerce, 176 Job security, 212 Legal immigration, 306, 334 Lexus, Inc., 113–114 Light bulbs, 424 Line length, 31–32 Loading grain, 236 Lumber specs, 286 Movie marketing, 376–377 MP3 players, 316 Multimedia kids, 306 Nuclear power plant, 286 Operating expenses, 334 Packaging hamburger meat, 72 Areas under the Normal Curve, pages 688–689
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