man loves, as everyone should, to collect and analyze statistical information. He wishes to find a relationship between how many hours students study and how they do on their statistics tests. He takes a random sample of 16 students at Ideal U., asks how many hours they studied for a university-wide stat test and how they did on the test, enters the data into a computer for analysis and presents the results below. ANALYSIS OF HOURS AND GRADES (n = 16): Descriptive Statistics: HOURS GRADES Mean: 4.2 75.8 Mode: 5.0 79.0 St. Dev: 2.3 10.1 Quartiles: Q0 2.0 34.0 Q1 3.2 53.7 Q2 4.7 78.5 Q3 6.3 86.9 Q4 9.0 97.0 Regression Analysis: Reg. Eq. is: GRADE = 16.9 + 9.025*HOURS Rsquared = .985 std error = 0.027 F = 8.52 p = .018 What is the median number of hours studied? a. 2.3 b. 4.7 c. 4.5 d. 4.2 e. 5.5 f. 5 g. cannot be determined

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man loves, as everyone should, to collect and analyze statistical information.

He wishes to find a relationship between how many hours students study and how they do on their statistics tests.  
He takes a random sample of 16 students at Ideal U., asks how many hours they studied for a university-wide stat test 
and how they did on the test, enters the data into a computer for analysis and presents the results below.

 

ANALYSIS OF HOURS AND GRADES (n = 16):

 

Descriptive Statistics:

 

HOURS GRADES

Mean:  4.2  75.8

Mode:  5.0  79.0

St. Dev:  2.3  10.1

 

Quartiles:

Q0  2.0  34.0

Q1  3.2  53.7

Q2  4.7  78.5

Q3  6.3  86.9

Q4  9.0  97.0

 

Regression Analysis:

Reg. Eq. is: GRADE = 16.9 + 9.025*HOURS

Rsquared = .985 std error = 0.027   F = 8.52 p = .018

 

What is the median number of hours studied?

 

  a.

2.3

  b.

4.7

  c.

4.5

  d.

4.2

  e.

5.5

  f.

5

  g.

cannot be determined

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