Understanding Basic Statistics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781337558075
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 1P
Cowboys: Longevity How long did real cowboys live? One answer may be found in the book The Last Cowboys by Connie Brooks (University of New Mexico Press). This delightful book presents a thoughtful sociological study of cowboys in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico around the year 1890. A sample of 32 cowboys gave the following yean of longevity:
| 58 | 52 | 68 | 86 | 72 | 66 | 97 | 89 | 84 | 91 | 91 |
| 92 | 66 | 68 | 87 | 86 | 73 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 73 |
| 85 | 84 | 90 | 57 | 77 | 76 | 84 | 93 | 58 | 47 |
(a) Make a stem-and-leaf display for these data.
(b) Interpretation Consider the following quote from Baron von Richthofen in his Cattle Raising on the Plaint of North America: “Cowboys are to be found among the sons of the best families. The truth is probably that most were not a drunken, gambling lot. quick to draw and fire their pistols." Does the data distribution of longevity lend credence to this quote?
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Worksheet 10
Jesse runs a small business selling and delivering mealie meal to the spaza shops.
He charges a fixed rate of R80, 00 for delivery and then R15, 50 for each packet of
mealle meal he delivers. The table below helps him to calculate what to charge
his customers.
10
20
30
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50
Packets of mealie
meal (m)
Total costs in Rands
80
235
390
545
700
855
(c)
10.1.
Define the following terms:
10.1.1. Independent Variables
10.1.2. Dependent Variables
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10.3.
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10.5.
Determine the independent and dependent variables.
Are the variables in this scenario discrete or continuous values? Explain
What shape do you expect the graph to be? Why?
Draw a graph on the graph provided to represent the information in the
table above.
TOTAL COST OF PACKETS OF MEALIE MEAL
900
800
700
600
COST (R)
500
400
300
200
100
0
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