The data sets give the number of platinum albums for the five male artists and the five female artists in the United States with the most platinum albums. (Platinum albums sell one million units or more.) MALE ARTISTS WITH THEMOST PLATINUM ALBUMS Artist Platinum Albums Garth Brooks 145 Elvis Presley 104 Billy Joel 80 Michael Jackson 71 Elton John 65 Source: RIAA FEMALE ARTISTS WITH THEMOST PLATINUM ALBUMS Artist Platinum Albums Mariah Carey 64 Madonna 63 Barbra Streisand 61 Whitney Houston 54 Celine Dion 48 a. Without calculating, which data set has the greater mean number of platinum albums? Explain your answer. b. Verify your conjecture from part (a) by calculating the mean number of platinum albums for each data set. c. Without calculating, which data set has the greater standard deviation? Explain your answer. d. Verify your conjecture from part (c) by calculating the standard deviation for each data set. Round answers to two decimal places.
The data sets give the number of platinum albums for the five male artists and the five female artists in the United States with the most platinum albums. (Platinum albums sell one million units or more.) MALE ARTISTS WITH THEMOST PLATINUM ALBUMS Artist Platinum Albums Garth Brooks 145 Elvis Presley 104 Billy Joel 80 Michael Jackson 71 Elton John 65 Source: RIAA FEMALE ARTISTS WITH THEMOST PLATINUM ALBUMS Artist Platinum Albums Mariah Carey 64 Madonna 63 Barbra Streisand 61 Whitney Houston 54 Celine Dion 48 a. Without calculating, which data set has the greater mean number of platinum albums? Explain your answer. b. Verify your conjecture from part (a) by calculating the mean number of platinum albums for each data set. c. Without calculating, which data set has the greater standard deviation? Explain your answer. d. Verify your conjecture from part (c) by calculating the standard deviation for each data set. Round answers to two decimal places.
Solution Summary: The author explains that the dataset relating to male artists has the greater mean number of platinum albums.
The data sets give the number of platinum albums for the five male artists and the five female artists in the United States with the most platinum albums. (Platinum albums sell one million units or more.)
MALE ARTISTS WITH THEMOST PLATINUM ALBUMS
Artist
PlatinumAlbums
Garth Brooks
145
Elvis Presley
104
Billy Joel
80
Michael Jackson
71
Elton John
65
Source: RIAA
FEMALE ARTISTS WITH THEMOST PLATINUM ALBUMS
Artist
PlatinumAlbums
Mariah Carey
64
Madonna
63
Barbra Streisand
61
Whitney Houston
54
Celine Dion
48
a. Without calculating, which data set has the greater mean number of platinum albums? Explain your answer.
b. Verify your conjecture from part (a) by calculating the mean number of platinum albums for each data set.
c. Without calculating, which data set has the greater standard deviation? Explain your answer.
d. Verify your conjecture from part (c) by calculating the standard deviation for each data set. Round answers to two decimal places.
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