Find the range, mean, median, and mode of the data set.

Assignment Help Basic Statistics
Reference no: EM13953450

Problem 1.

Use the following data set. The data set represents incomes (in thousands of dollars) of 20 employees at an engineering firm.

50, 48, 46, 59, 44, 43, 35, 59, 48, 53, 46, 59, 52, 48, 51, 59, 53, 51, 53, 52

(a) Find the range, mean, median, and mode of the data set.

(b) Make a frequency distribution for the data set using 5 classes. Include class midpoints, frequencies, and relative frequencies.

(c) Make a relative frequency histogram using the frequency distribution in (b).

(d) Determine which class has the greatest relative frequency and which has the least.

Problem 2.

The table shows the results of a survey in which 622 men and 644 women ages 25 to 46 were asked if they like Coke or Pepsi.

Men Women Total
Likes Pepsi 325 284 609
Likes Coke 297 360 657
Total 622 644 1266

(a) Find the probability that a randomly selected person likes Pepsi.

(b) Given that a randomly selected person is male, find the probability that the person likes coke.

(c) Given that a randomly selected person likes Pepsi, find the probability that the worker is a female.

(d) Are the events "likes Coke" and "being male" independent or dependent? Explain.

Problem 4.

Scores for a statistics exam are normally distributed, with a mean of 80 and a standard deviation of 10. Students scoring in the top 6% of the class are offered the opportunity to take an advanced statistics class. What is the lowest score you can earn and still be eligible to take the advance class?

Problem 5.

You randomly select 20 supermarkets and measure the temperature of their coolers. The
sample mean temperature is 43:0 F with a sample standard deviation of 2:0. Find the 95% confidence interval for the mean temperature. Assume the temperatures are approximately normally distributed.

Reference no: EM13953450

Questions Cloud

Revenue and expense recognition and closing entries : Two years ago, Sue Stern opened an audio book rental shop. Sue reports the following accounts on her income statement:
Case study- dittenhoefer find china : Case Study- Dittenhoefer's Find China - On which dimensions of quality does Dittenhoefer's compete? How are these dimensions being threatened by the problems in the manufacturing and customer service areas
Calculate the mean and standard deviation of distribution : Identify a real-life example or application of either the binomial or poisson distribution.
Reconstruction of adjusting entries from account balances : Zola Corporation records adjusting entries each month before preparing monthly financial state- ments. The following selected account balances are taken from its trial balances on June 30, 2014. The ''unadjusted'' columns set forth the general led..
Find the range, mean, median, and mode of the data set. : Determine which class has the greatest relative frequency and which has the least.
Basis for adjusting entries-annual adjustments : The following account balances are taken from the records of Laugherty Inc. at December 31, 2014. The Supplies account represents the cost of supplies on hand at the beginning of the year plus all purchases. A physical count on December 31, 2014, ..
Customer for services rendered : Flood received a $10,000, 4%, two-year note receivable from a customer for services ren- dered. The principal and interest are due on June 1, 2016. Flood expects to be able to collect the note and interest in full at that time.
Find the total sample size needed if the two groups : Find the number of cases needed if the design is 1:1 matched; matching criteria are various menstrual characteristics, exogenous estrogen use, and prior pelvic surgeries.
Find the conditional distribution of x given n : Express Var(X) in terms of p, E(N), and Var(N), by using the law of total variance.

Reviews

Write a Review

Basic Statistics Questions & Answers

  Probability that defective have defective braked

Keith's florist has 18 delivery trucks used mainly to deliver flowers in the SC area. Of these 18 trucks, 5 have brake problems. A sample of 4 trucks is randomly selected. What is the probability that 2 of those defective have defective braked. Ro..

  Level of significance-sufficient evidence for average

At the 10% level of significance, is there sufficient evidence to indicate that more books are being loaned out per day, on the average?

  Sources of variability and degrees of freedom

Write out the ANOVA table just showing Sources of Variability and degrees of Freedom and indicate which SV are fixed effects and which are random.

  Chi-squared test-gender distribution in college

The college theater department recently staged a production of a modern musical. A researcher recorded the gender of each student entering the theater and found a total of 385 females and 215 males.

  In traditional marketing research surveys are purchase

In traditional marketing research surveys, are purchase intent questions measured on a 5 point scale (e.g. definitely would buy, probably would be, etc), considered to be ordinal or interval data, and as such should we use parametric tests (t) or non..

  Calculate the sample statistics and evidence

Calculate the sample statistics and determine whether there is evidence that the mean blackness is less than 0.97. Write a memo to management that summarizes your conclusions.

  What is the probability of having a republican majority if

1 a five member committee has to be formed from a special group of 7 republicans and 8democrats.a in how many ways can

  The president of a company has a hunch that there is a 80

the president of a company has a hunch that there is a .80 probability that the company will be successful in marketing

  Average demand for carpet from the stores

The average demand for carpet from the stores that purchase from the distributor is 4500 yards per month, with a standard deviation of 900 yards. what is the probability that a customer's order will not be met during a month?

  Finding total cost-total revenue and profit

For monthly volume of 300 tables, find out total cost, total revenue and profit.

  Problem regarding the independent random variables

A multiple linear regression has been performed using four independent random variables, X1, X2, X3 and X4. The regression output is:

  Some examples of descriptive statistics

Critically discuss some examples of descriptive statistics? Why are they used in research? What is a confidence interval?

Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd