You've been asked to determine if there's a meaningful difference in average salaries between Big Cities (cities with 500,000 or more inhabitants) and those with less. (Hint: a difference greater than 1 standard deviation is considered significant for the purpose of this analysis).
Inverse Normal Distribution
The method used for finding the corresponding z-critical value in a normal distribution using the known probability is said to be an inverse normal distribution. The inverse normal distribution is a continuous probability distribution with a family of two parameters.
Mean, Median, Mode
It is a descriptive summary of a data set. It can be defined by using some of the measures. The central tendencies do not provide information regarding individual data from the dataset. However, they give a summary of the data set. The central tendency or measure of central tendency is a central or typical value for a probability distribution.
Z-Scores
A z-score is a unit of measurement used in statistics to describe the position of a raw score in terms of its distance from the mean, measured with reference to standard deviation from the mean. Z-scores are useful in statistics because they allow comparison between two scores that belong to different normal distributions.
![Average Annual
City
Salary ($)
Population
57,738
Sarasota, FL
40,600
Lancaster, PA
59,420
42,150
Portland, ME
66,417
46,520
Greenville, SC
68,563
41,010
Fayetteville, AR
86,751
43,570
Hartford, CT
122,587
56,870
Worcester, MA
185,877
51,630
Boise, ID
228,790
42,180
Madison, WI
258,054
49,030
Cincinnati, OH
302,605
47,030
Tampa, FL
392,890
44,510
Atlanta, GA
Milwaukee, WI
498,044
49,430
592,025
48,170
Portland, OR
653,115
52,140
Washington, DC
Nashville, TN
684,498
65,910
692,587
44,700
Boston, MA
Denver, CO
694,583
62,070
716,492
54,450
Seattle, WA
744,955
59,060
Charlotte, NC
872,498
48,370
San Francisco, CA
883,305
66,900
Austin, TX
964,254
49,560
San Jose, CA
1,030,000
78,620
San Diego, CA
1,426,000
54,210
Houston, TX
2,326,000
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