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Q: Stats - Permutations/Sampling ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Stats - Permutations/Sampling
Category: Science > Math
Asked by: kmeconomist-ga
List Price: $20.00
Posted: 17 Aug 2004 07:32 PDT
Expires: 18 Aug 2004 09:05 PDT
Question ID: 388954
I have a bucket with 500 marbles of 6 colors (reb, blue, green,
yellow, black, and white) and three sizes (big, medium, small). I want
to know whether there are an equal # of marbles for each color (i.e.,
16% red, 16%, blue, etc.).

1) What test should I use and what should my sample size be?

2) If I suspect red marbles represent 32%, blue 8%, green 8%, and the
other colors 16% each, what test should I use to confirm this
suspicion and how large a sample do I need?

3) What test should I use if I want to determine whether color
statistically varies by size (e.g., red marbles are more likely to be
of small size)? What sample size do I need?
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Subject: Re: Stats - Permutations/Sampling
From: pafalafa-ga on 17 Aug 2004 07:49 PDT
 
500 marbles! -- I would just dump out the bucket and count/sort them
all...why bother with samples?
Subject: Re: Stats - Permutations/Sampling
From: kmeconomist-ga on 17 Aug 2004 09:26 PDT
 
The marble example provided is an analogy for the actual problem.  For
exposition purposes, let us assume it costs $100 to count each marble.

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