Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259755330
Author: Allan G. Bluman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 9E
For Exercises 9–12, show frequency distributions that are incorrectly constructed. State the reasons why they are wrong.
9.
| Class | Frequency |
| 10-19 20-29 30-34 35-45 46-51 |
1 2 0 5 8 |
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The following data show the year to date percent change (YTD % Change) for 30 stock-market indexes from around the word (The Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2013).
a. What index has the largest positive YTD % Change? Round your answer to once decimal place. index with a YTD % Change of %
b. Using a class width of 5 beginning with -20 and going to 40, develop a frequency distribution for the data.
YTD % Change
Frequency
-20 - -15
-15 - -10
-10 - -5
-5 - 0
0 - 5
5 - 10
10 - 15
15 - 20
20 - 25
30 - 35
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