Introductory Statistics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321989178
Author: Neil A. Weiss
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 56E
For Exercises 7.55–7.57, refer to Equations (7.1) and (7.2) on pages 315 and 316, respectively.
7.56 Heights of Starting Players. In Example 7.5, we used the definition of the standard deviation of a variable (Definition 3.12 on page 142) to obtain the standard deviation of the heights of the five starting players on a men’s basketball team and also the standard deviation of
- a. Apply Equation (7.1) to compute σx for samples of sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Compare your answers with those in Table 7.6.
- b. Use the simpler formula, Equation (7.2), to compute σx for samples of sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Compare your answers with those in Table 7.6. Why does Equation (7.2) generally yield such poor approximations to the true values?
- c. What percentages of the population size are samples of sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5?
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