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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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This cardiologist gets a report on his patients' sugar consumption from the nutritionist. He becomes concerned that his patients seem to consume even more sugar that what is in a typical American diet. He decides to take a random sample of 100 of his patients and calculate the mean sugar consumption, x̅, of these 100 patients. The mean sugar consumption for these 100 patients is 17.3 teaspoons. Let's assume, for the moment, that his patients are no different than the general population of Americans with µ (daily sugar consumption) = 16.1 teaspoons and σ = 3.5 teaspoons and that his sample of 100 patients is one random sample from this population. What is the probability of obtaining a mean sugar consumption of 17.3 teaspoons (or more) in his sample of 100 patients if his patients are similar to the general population? What is the probability that the average (x̅) is greater than 17.3?

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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