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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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For a new study conducted by a fitness magazine 290 females were randomly selected. For each, the mean daily calorie consumption was calculated for a September - February period. A second sample of 255 females were chosen independently of the first. For each of them the mean daily calorie consumption was calculated for a March - August period. During the September - February period participants consumed a mean of 2384.9 calories daily with a standard deviation of 184. During the March - August period participants consumed a mean of 2415.1 calories daily with a standard deviation of 237.5. The population standard deviations of daily calorie consumed for females in the two periods can be estimated using the sample standard deviations as the samples that were used to compute them were quite large. Construct a 95% confidence interval for u1- u2, the difference between the mean daily consumption u1 of females in September - February and the mean daily calorie consumption u1 of females in March - August. Then find the lower and upper limit of the 95% confidence interval.

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Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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