xvi INDEX OF APPLICATIONS Biology and Life Sciences Adult femur lengths, A30 Adult weights, 67, 68, 69 Age and vocabulary, 482, 483 Ages of dogs, 13 American alligator tail lengths, 127 Bacteria, 495 Birth weights and gestation periods, 260 Black bear weights, 51, 341 Black cherry tree volume, 512 Blood types, 130, 155, 160 Body measurements, 497 BRCA1 gene, 153 Brown trout, 218 Calves born on a farm, 191 Cloning, 212 Diameters of white oak trees, 265 Dog lifespan, 565 Elephant weight, 512 Elk population in Pennsylvania, 18 Endangered and threatened species, 573 Eye color, 141, 153 Female body temperature, 271 Female fibula lengths, 50 Female heights, 88, 108, 249 Fijian banded iguana lengths, 53 Fish measurements, 511 Fisher’s Iris data set, 60 Flowers, 13 Fork length of yellowfin tuna, 433 Genders of children, 180 Genetics, 144, 213 Gestational lengths of horses, 121 Heights of children, 456 Heights and trunk diameters of trees, 505, 507 Human body temperature, 358, 387 Incubation period for ostrich eggs, 467 Incubation period for swan eggs, 361 Infant crawling age and average monthly temperature, 499 Infant weight, 106 Length and girth of harbor seals, 492 Life spans of fruit flies, 112 Life spans of houseflies, 64 Litter size of Florida panthers, 332 Male body temperature, 271 Male heights, 51, 79, 88, 108 Mean birth weight, 466 Metacarpal bone length and height of adults, 581 Milk produced by cows, 233 North Atlantic right whale dive duration, 385 Rabbits, 218 Reaction times to auditory stimulus, 52 Rolling a tongue, 180 Salmon swimming, 137, 149 Sex of children, 143 Shoe size and height, 492 Stomach contents of blue crabs, 433 Trimethylamine, 17 Vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered species, 9 Water footprint for a kilogram of wheat, 258 Weights of boys, 74 Weights of cats, 254 Weights of dogs, 254 Weights of grapefruits, 456 Weights of newborns, 235 Weights of oranges, 456 Weights of teenagers, 258 Weights of toddlers, 317 Business Accounting department advisory committee, 171 Advertising sales, 225 Advertising time and sales, 501 Annual revenues, 6 Attracting more customers, 19 Bank employee procedure preference, 542, 546 Bankruptcies, 222 Better Business Bureau complaints, 59 Board of Directors, 176 Book prices, 306 Business executives and selfleadership traits, 153 Cauliflower yield, 512 Cell phone prices, 315, 316 CEO compensations, 31 Charges for satellite television, 118 Company sales, 66 Cost of cellphone repairs, 360 Customer ratings, bed-in-a-box 425 Customer transactions, 433 Distribution of sales, 570 Effectiveness of advertising, 568 Employees and revenue of hotel and gaming companies, 492 Existing home sales, 70 Failure rate of businesses, 216, 217 Farming and agriculture, 289 Fortune 500 companies, 191 Fortune 500 revenues, 30 Gas grill ratings, 411 Gasoline prices, 444, 446 Hotel room rates, 401, 411, 467, 574 Hourly earnings at a consulting firm, 110 Hours spent on calls by a business, 190 Marketing plan, 419 Meal prices at a resort, 411 Milk production, 517, 518 Mobile device repair costs, 315, 316 Monthly sales, 562 Natural gas expenditures, 580 Natural gas marketed productions and exports, 506, 507 Net income of farms, 489 Net profit for Procter & Gamble, 114 Net sales, 521 New vehicle sales, 506, 507 No longer needing a physical store, 32 Number of calls by a business, 190 Numbers of manufacturing businesses, 101 Office positions, 184 Office rental rates, 86, 92 Potato yield, 519 President contract, 32 Prices for computer monitors, 268 Printing company departments, 31 Product ratings, 445 Profit and loss analysis, 199 Rental rates, 122 Repair cost for paint damage, 358 Repair costs for washing machines, 425 Repeat customers, 360 Reputations of companies in the U.S., 16 Response times for customer service representatives, 13 Retail prices of minivans, 456 Retail prices of motorcycles, 456 Sale per customer, 118 Sales for a representative, 52, 192, 193, 194, 195, 530 Sales volumes, 159 Service at electronics store, 33 Shipping errors, 360 Sizes of firms, 180 Smartphone sales, 64 Sorghum yield, 512 Soybean harvest, 26 Starting salaries for Standard & Poor’s companies, 7 Sweet potato yield, 580 Telemarketing and Internet fraud, 578 Telephone sales, 220 Television ratings, 410 Tomato prices, 63 Toothpaste costs, 565 Video game prices, 306 Website costs, 335 Wheat production, 574 Yearly commission earned, 114 Combinatorics Access codes, 133, 143, 184 Arranging letters in a word, 175 Birthday problem, 156 Building access code, 185 Code, 169 Committee makeup, 174 Debit card personal identification numbers, 32 Identification number, 139 License plates, 133, 180 Lock box codes, 141 Passwords, 174, 186 Personal identification number, 186 Security code, 174, 183 Sudoku, 168 Telephone numbers, 181 Computers and Technology Active users on social networking sites, 63 Battery life of tablets, 360 Byte, 175 Calling a number, 216 Cell phone screen times, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 72 Collection of personal data by smart speakers, 320, 322 Customizing a tablet, 141 Data collected by companies, 290 Data use, 317 Digital device fatigue, 205 Digital device use, 126 Disappearance of Facebook, 282 Going online, 204 Identity theft, 201 Internet access, 182 Internet use, 5 Laptop repairs, 569 Life span of home theater systems, 350, 355 Lifetimes of smartphones, 234 Listening time on a single charge, 384 Mobile payment application users, 34 Online dating app, 328 Phishing, 226 Phone screen sizes, 65 Pinterest, 328 Privacy of personal information, 321 Private internet browsing, 325 Reddit, 221 Reliance on human memory to manage passwords, 291 Robots and computers doing jobs, 409 Smart watch or fitness tracker owners, 33 Snapchat, 328 Social media, 2, 78, 202 Technical failure while working at home, 390 Technology seminar, 183 Testing smartphones, 37 Text messages sent, 55, 56, 57 Time spent checking email, 340 Time spent online, 361 Time spent on social media, 300 Wireless devices, 228 YouTube watching times, 51
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