xx INDEX OF APPLICATIONS Board positions, 169, 172, 294 Brands of toothpaste and dental rinse, 181 Capacities of commercial freezers, 13 Clothes, 162 Club officers, 176 Coffee beans, 15 Coin and die experiment, 131, 148, 149, 153, 536 Coin and spinner experiment, 139 Coins found on the street, 463 Confidence in newspapers, 211 Cooking area of gas grill, 518 Daylight Savings Time, 227 Die, coin, and spinner experiment, 141 Die and spinner experiment, 143 Dog owners and cat lovers, 181 Drive-thru times, 335 Duck race, 185 Emergency incidents, 223 Floral arrangements, 175, 295 Grocery store checkout counter, 231 Having a gun in the home, 226 Health club costs, 408 Health club schedule, 249 Holding for a telephone call, 231 Hotel room guests, 6 Hurricane relief efforts, 25 Life on other planets, 212 Lumber cutter, 272 Magazine stories, 183 Making a charitable donation, 541 Mean male hat size, 410 Middle names, 141 Months of the year, 180 Moral values, 392 Necklaces, 175 New Year’s resolution, 325, 327 News platforms, 14 Obstacle course, 445 Online purchases of eyeglasses, 467 Page counts, 75 Parade floats, 174 Personal protective equipment, 30 Pet food, 432 Phone numbers, 10 Police officer badge numbers, 32 Pronunciation, 211 Random number selection, 24, 27, 36, 140, 141, 142 Rare events, 135 Responsible consumption, 211 Results of a survey, 66 Reviewer ratings, 199 Rock-paper-scissors, 213 Rolling a die, 37, 74, 79, 131, 134, 138, 141, 142, 145, 153, 157, 158, 159, 163, 166, 180, 182 Rooms reserved at a hotel, 116 Second-hand fashion, 211 Selecting a jelly bean, 181 Selecting a marble, 202 Selecting a numbered ball, 153 Selecting a playing card, 134, 141, 145, 147, 148, 149, 153, 158, 159, 163, 173, 177, 180, 181, 182, 183, 201, 203, 211 Shopping times, 247 Social Security numbers, 10 Sock drawer, 181 Spinning a spinner, 182 Survey, 361 Taking in stray cats, 392 Tattoos, 142 Time spent doing activities, 17 Tossing a coin, 37, 136, 140, 141, 148, 178, 180, 181, 226, 351 Transferring a telephone call, 398 Typographical errors, 220, 228 Vending machine, 259 Volunteers for an experiment, 25 Wait times, 111 Waiting for an elevator, 231 Weights of vacuum cleaners, 565, 569 Winning a prize, 145, 221 Writing a guarantee, 259 Yoga classes, 66, 408 Zip codes, 13, 30 Mortality Deaths caused by falling out of a fishing boat and marriage rate, 482 Drug overdose death rate, 407 Drunk driving fatalities, 93 Fatal pedestrian and bicyclist motor vehicle collisions, 574 Homicide rates and ice cream sales, 482 Homicides by county, 533 Homicides by month, 534 Leading causes of death, 59, 64 Lightning fatalities, 105 Living to age 100, 212 Losing a friend or relative to murder, 154 Motor vehicle fatalities, 14, 546 Shark deaths, 227 Tornado deaths, 227 Motor Vehicles and Transportation Acceleration times, 375, 518 Accidents at an intersection, 217, 218 Ages of adults who own motor vehicles, 7 Ages of vehicles, 507 Aggressive driving, 279 Air travel safety, 31 Airplane defects, 119 Alcohol-impaired driving, 326 Alcohol-related accidents, 545 Amount of fuel wasted, 102 Automobile covered warrantee repairs, 142 Automobile parts, 330 Automotive sales, 63 Average speed of vehicles, 246 Base price of an ATV, 360 Bicycle tire pressure, 295 Blood alcohol concentration of drivers, 31 Braking distances, 255, 288, 425, 484 Canadian border ports of entry, 75 Car battery life spans, 295, 350, 355, 357 Car battery reserve capacities, 335 Car colors, 182 Car inspections, 36 Car rental rates, 410 Carbon monoxide emissions, 556 Carpooling, 577 Cars in a parking lot, 197 “Check engine” light, 145 Commute times, 306, 307, 315, 424 Commuting distances, 50, 110, 315, 316, 338 Commuting by driving, 207, 283 Commuting by public transportation, 207 Cost per mile for automobiles, 566, 569 Crash tests, 525 Days cars were on a dealership lot, 313 Department of Motor Vehicles wait times, 382, 384 Diameters of tires, 401 Distance traveled, 26 Driverless car, 32 Driver’s license exam, 181 Driving ranges of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, 76 Electric vehicle for next vehicle purchase, 339 Engine control module, 8 Engine displacement and fuel efficiency, 517, 518 Flight arrivals, 156 Flight departures, 156 Flight prices, 76, 407 Fuel costs of all-electric vehicles, 76 Fuel economy, 80, 119, 456, 519, 563 Gas mileage, 317, 348, 361, 371, 385, 401, 466 Hindenburg airship, 7 Jet fuel use, 228 Least popular drivers, 63 Lengths of automobiles, 14 Life spans of tires, 112, 243 Mean driving cost per mile, 431 Mean listing price of used vehicles sold, 380 Mean price of used cars sold, 384 Mean transaction price of used vehicles sold, 380 Mean vehicle speed, 96, 108 Mileage for a rental car company’s fleet, 118 Mileages of service vehicles, 74 Miles driven per day, 266, 267 Motorcycle fuel efficiency, 109 Motorcycle helmet use, 459 Motorcycle speeds, 335 New section of interstate highway, 171 Occupancy of vehicles that travel across a bridge, 218 Oil change time, 350, 355, 356 Oil tankers, 221 Parking infractions and fines, 123 Parking ticket, 153 Pickup trucks, 154 Pilot test, 220 Purchasing extended warranties, 7 Purchasing a new car, 132 Racing car engine horsepowers, 32 Safety driving classes and accidents, 481 Seat belt use, 449, 452 Selecting vehicles, 158 Self-driving vehicle, 147 Simulations with dummies, 18 Space shuttle flight durations, 118, 334 Space travel, 392 Speed and car accidents, 148 Speed of a rocket, 191 Speeds of automobiles, 366 Speeds of powerboats, 424 Texting while driving, 26, 276, 279 Top speeds of sports cars, 62 Towing capacity, 119 Traffic flow rate, 360 Travel time, 361, 385 Truck weight, 225 Type of car owned by gender, 542, 546 Type of car owned by generation, 573 Uninsured drivers, 227 Used cars, 513 Vehicle sales, 568 Vehicle size classes, 30 Vehicle starting prices, 406 Vehicles and crashes, 545 Waiting times to turn left at an intersection, 269 Waiting at a traffic light, 231 Weights of packages on a delivery truck, 76 Psychology Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 126 Attitudes to mental illness, 31 Child behavior, 454 Contentment with life, 289 Coronavirus pandemic and mental health issues, 164 Dating life, 295 Dating someone of a different religion, 466 Depression and stress, 80 Favorite team’s win or loss and mood, 131 Gambler’s fallacy, 178 IQ score, 109, 244, 290, 297, 424 Looking up someone online before dating them, 30 Memory retention, 24
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