Introductory Statistics
Introductory Statistics
1st Edition
ISBN: 9781938168208
Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 2, Problem 109BITH

Javier and Ercilia are supervisors at a shopping mall. Each was given the task of estimating the mean distance that shoppers live from the mall. They each randomly surveyed 100 shoppers. The samples yielded the following intimation.

Chapter 2, Problem 109BITH, Javier and Ercilia are supervisors at a shopping mall. Each was given the task of estimating the , example  1

a. How can you determine which survey was correct ?

b. Explain what the difference in the results of the surveys implies about the data.

c. If the two histograms depict the distribution of values for each supervisor, which one depicts Ercilia's sample? How do you know?

Chapter 2, Problem 109BITH, Javier and Ercilia are supervisors at a shopping mall. Each was given the task of estimating the , example  2

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d. If the two plots depict the distribution of values for each supervisor, which one depicts Ercilia's sample? How do you know?

Chapter 2, Problem 109BITH, Javier and Ercilia are supervisors at a shopping mall. Each was given the task of estimating the , example  3

Figure 2.49

Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: We are interested in the number of years students in a particular elementary statistics class have lived in California. The information in the following table is from the entire section.

Chapter 2, Problem 109BITH, Javier and Ercilia are supervisors at a shopping mall. Each was given the task of estimating the , example  4Chapter 2, Problem 109BITH, Javier and Ercilia are supervisors at a shopping mall. Each was given the task of estimating the , example  5

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