Introductory Statistics
1st Edition
ISBN: 9781938168208
Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 2, Problem 48P
Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: Sixty-five randomly selected car salespersons were asked the number of cars they generally sell in one week. Fourteen people answered that they generally sell three cars; nineteen genet ally sell four cars; twelve generally sell five cars; nine generally sell six cars; eleven generally sell seven cats. Calculate the following:
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The following ordered data list shows the data speeds for cell phones used by a
telephone company at an airport:
A. Calculate the Measures of Central Tendency from the ungrouped data list.
B. Group the data in an appropriate frequency table.
C. Calculate the Measures of Central Tendency using the table in point B.
D. Are there differences in the measurements obtained in A and C? Why (give at
least one justified reason)?
I leave the answers to A and B to resolve the remaining two.
0.8
1.4
1.8
1.9
3.2
3.6
4.5
4.5
4.6
6.2
6.5
7.7
7.9
9.9
10.2
10.3
10.9
11.1
11.1
11.6
11.8
12.0
13.1
13.5
13.7
14.1
14.2
14.7
15.0
15.1
15.5
15.8
16.0
17.5
18.2
20.2
21.1
21.5
22.2
22.4
23.1
24.5
25.7
28.5
34.6
38.5
43.0
55.6
71.3
77.8
A. Measures of Central Tendency
We are to calculate:
Mean, Median, Mode
The data (already ordered) is:
0.8, 1.4, 1.8, 1.9, 3.2, 3.6, 4.5, 4.5, 4.6, 6.2, 6.5, 7.7, 7.9, 9.9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.9,
11.1, 11.1, 11.6,
11.8, 12.0, 13.1, 13.5, 13.7, 14.1, 14.2, 14.7, 15.0, 15.1, 15.5,…
PEER REPLY 1:
Choose a classmate's Main Post.
1. Indicate a range of values for the independent variable (x) that is reasonable
based on the data provided.
2. Explain what the predicted range of dependent values should be based on
the range of independent values.
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