a.
Construct a frequency bar graph for each city.
a.
Answer to Problem 35E
Output obtained from MINITAB software for New York is:
Output obtained from MINITAB software for Los Angeles is:
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The given information is a table representing the number of households categorized by the language spoken at home, for the cities of New York and Los Angeles in a recent year.
Software procedure:
- Step by step procedure to draw the bar chart for each city using MINITAB software.
- Choose Graph > Bar Chart.
- From Bars represent, choose unique values from table.
- Choose Simple.
- Click OK.
- In Graph variables, enter the column of New York and Los Angeles.
- In Categorical variables, enter the column of Language.
- Click OK
Observation:
From the bar graphs, it can be seen that the most frequently spoken language at home in New York and Los Angeles are English and Spanish respectively.
b.
Construct a frequency bar graph for the total.
b.
Answer to Problem 35E
Output obtained from MINITAB software for Total is:
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
Software procedure:
- Step by step procedure to draw the bar chart for each city using MINITAB software.
- Choose Graph > Bar Chart.
- From Bars represent, choose unique values from table.
- Choose Simple.
- Click OK.
- In Graph variables, enter the column of Total.
- In Categorical variables, enter the column of Language.
- Click OK
Observation:
From the bar graphs, it can be seen that the most frequently spoken language at home in both New York and Los Angeles is English.
c.
Construct a relative frequency bar graph for each city.
c.
Answer to Problem 35E
Output obtained from MINITAB software for New York is:
Output obtained from MINITAB software for Los Angeles is:
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
Relative frequency for New York:
The general formula for the relative frequency is,
Therefore,
Similarly, the relative frequencies for New York is obtained below:
Language | New York | Relative Frequency |
English | 4,098 | |
Spanish | 1,870 | |
Other Indo-European | 1,037 | |
Asian and Pacific Island | 618 |
Software procedure:
- Step by step procedure to draw the Bar chart for each city using MINITAB software.
- Choose Graph > Bar Chart.
- From Bars represent, choose unique values from table.
- Choose Simple.
- Click OK.
- In Graph variables, enter the column of Relative Frequency of New York
- In Categorical variables, enter the column of Language.
- Click OK
Observation:
From the graph, it can be seen that most probable spoken language at home in New York is English.
Relative frequency for Los Angeles:
Similarly, the relative frequencies for Los Angeles is obtained below:
Language | Los Angeles | Relative Frequency |
English | 1,339 | |
Spanish | 1,555 | |
Other Indo-European | 237 | |
Asian and Pacific Island | 301 |
Software procedure:
- Step by step procedure to draw the Bar chart for Los Angeles using MINITAB software.
- Choose Graph > Bar Chart.
- From Bars represent, choose unique values from table.
- Choose Simple.
- Click OK.
- In Graph variables, enter the column of Relative Frequency of Los Angeles.
- In Categorical variables, enter the column of Language.
- Click OK
Observation:
From the graph, it can be seen that most probable spoken language at home in Los Angeles is Spanish.
d.
Construct a relative frequency bar graph for the total.
d.
Answer to Problem 35E
Output obtained from MINITAB software for Total is:
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
Relative frequency for total:
The general formula for the relative frequency is,
Therefore,
Similarly, the relative frequencies for the total are obtained below:
Language | Total | Relative Frequency |
English | 5,437 | |
Spanish | 3,425 | |
Other Indo-European | 1,274 | |
Asian and Pacific Island | 919 |
Software procedure:
- Step by step procedure to draw the Bar chart for total using MINITAB software.
- Choose Graph > Bar Chart.
- From Bars represent, choose unique values from table.
- Choose Simple.
- Click OK.
- In Graph variables, enter the column of Relative frequency of total.
- In Categorical variables, enter the column of Language.
- Click OK
Observation:
From the graph, it can be seen that most probable spoken language at home in both New York and Los Angeles is English.
e.
Explain the reason behind the heights of the bars for the frequency bar graph for the total are equal to the sums of the heights for the individual cities.
e.
Explanation of Solution
The total frequency represents the numbers of households in both cities combined. Therefore, the total frequency is the sum of the frequencies for New York and Los Angeles.
f.
Explain the reason behind the heights of the bars for the relative frequency bar graph for the total are not equal to the sums of the heights for the individual cities.
f.
Explanation of Solution
The relative frequency is the frequency divided by total frequency. The frequencies and total frequencies are different for each cities. Therefore, the relative frequency bar graph for the total are not equal to the sums of the heights for the individual cities.
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