Bureau of Labor Statistics: What It Does and Its Impact

Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupation Outlook Handbook

Labor Data

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the mean annual number of hours of vacation time earned by blue-collar and service employees who work for small private establishments and have at least 10 years of service is 100 . Assume that for this population the standard deviation for the annual number of vacation hours earned is 48 . Suppose the BLS would like to select a sample of 15,000 individuals from this population for a follow-up study.a. Show the sampling distribution of x̅,

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a 4.9 % probability that a randomly selected employed individual has more than one job (a multiple-job holder). Also, there is a 46.6 % probability that a randomly selected employed individual is male, given that he has more than one job. What is the probability that a randomly selected employed individual is a multiple-job holder and male? Would it be unusual to randomly select an employed individual who is a multiple-job holder and mal

37 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 11.3% of U.S. workers belong to unions (BLS website, January 2014). Suppose a sample of 400 U.S workers is collected in 2014 to determine whether union efforts to organize have increased union membership. Formulate the hypotheses that can be used to determine whether union membership increased in 2014. b. If the sample results show that 52 of the workers belonged to unions, what is the p-value for your hypothesis test? At & = 05, what is your

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