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    The document discusses various statistical concepts and problems including representing data using graphs and charts, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, measures of relative position, probabilities and the normal distribution, and linear regression and correlation. It provides examples and problems for students to solve related to these statistical topics.

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    Math in the Modern World

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    The document discusses various statistical concepts and problems including representing data using graphs and charts, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, measures of relative position, probabilities and the normal distribution, and linear regression and correlation. It provides examples and problems for students to solve related to these statistical topics.

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    SOLVE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS (Follow the submission procedure)

    Data Gathering and Organizing Data: Representing Data Using Graphs and Charts;
    Interpreting Organized Data

    The marks obtained out of 25 by 30 students of a class in the examination are given below.
    20, 6, 23, 19, 9, 14, 15, 3, 1, 12, 10, 20, 13, 3, 17, 10, 11, 6, 21, 9, 6, 10, 9, 4, 5, 1, 5, 11, 7, 24

    1. Construct a frequency distribution table consisting; class limits, tally, frequency, class
    boundaries, class marks (or midpoints) and cumulative frequency.

    2. Construct a histogram and frequency polygon to represent the data.

    Measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode, weighted mean

    The marks obtained out of 25 by 30 students of a class in the examination are given below.
    20, 6, 23, 19, 9, 14, 15, 3, 1, 12, 10, 20, 13, 3, 17, 10, 11, 6, 21, 9, 6, 10, 9, 4, 5, 1, 5, 11, 7, 24

    Find the (a.) mean, (b.) median, (c.) mode, and (d.) midrange.

    Measures of dispersion: range, standard deviation and variance

    1. The number of incidents in which police were needed for a sample of 10 schools in
    Allegheny
    County is 7, 37, 3, 8, 48, 11, 6, 0, 10, 3.
    a. Find the variance and standard deviation.
    b. Are the data consistent or do they vary? Explain your answer.

    2. In this data set: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50


    a. Find the standard deviation.
    b. Add 5 to each value, and then find the standard deviation.
    c. Subtract 5 from each value and find the standard deviation.
    d. Multiply each value by 5 and find the standard deviation.
    e. Divide each value by 5 and find the standard deviation.
    f. Generalize the results of parts b through e.

    Measures of relative position: z-score, percentiles, quartiles and box and whiskers plots

    1. A final examination for a psychology course has a mean of 84 and a standard deviation of 4.
    Find the corresponding z score for each raw score.
    a. 87
    b. 79
    c. 93
    d. 76
    e. 82

    2. The average weekly earnings in dollars for various industries are listed below. Find the
    percentile rank of each value.804, 736, 659, 489, 777, 623, 597, 524, 228

    3. For the data in Problem 2, what values correspond to the 40th percentile?

    4. Find the Q1, Q2 and Q3 in the data given by Problem 2.

    Probabilities and Normal Distributions

    1. Find the area under the standard normal curve


    a. Between z = 0 and z = 1.89
    b. Between z = 0 and z = -2.07
    c. To the right of z = 2.11
    d. To the right of z = -0.23
    e. To the left of z = -0.75
    f. To the left of z = 1.4

    2. The average monthly mortgage payment including principal and interest is $982 in the
    United States. If the standard deviation is approximately $180 and the mortgage
    payments are approximately normally distributed, find the probability that a randomly selected
    monthly payment is
    a. More than $1000
    b. More than $1475
    c. Between $800 and $1150

    Linear Regression and Correlation, Least squares line, Linear correlation coefficient

    In a study on speed and braking distance, researchers looked for a method to estimate how
    fast person was traveling before an accident by measuring the length of the skid marks. An area
    that was focused on in the study was the distance required to completely stop a vehicle at
    various speeds. Use the following table to answer the questions.
    MPH Braking Distance (feet)
    20 20
    30 45
    40 81
    50 133
    60 205
    80 411
    Assume MPH is going to be used to predict stopping distance.
    1. Find the linear regression equation.
    2. What does the slope tell you about MPH and the braking distance? How about the y
    intercept?
    3. Find the braking distance when MPH=45.
    4. Find the braking distance when MPH=100.
    5. Comment on predicting beyond the given data values.

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