Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133956572
ISBN 13: 978-1-13395-657-0

Chapter 3 - Measures of Central Tendency - Problems - Page 85: 15

Answer

The new mean: $M=18$

Work Step by Step

$M=\frac{∑X}{N}$ There are 7 scores whose mean is $16$: $16=\frac{X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7}{7}$ $X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7=16\times7=112$ Now, let's change one of the scores from $6$ to $20$. Since the position of this score in the sum above makes no difference, let's name this score as $X_7$ Before: $X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7=112$ $X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+6=112$ $X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6=106$ After: $X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7=106+20=126$ Find the new mean: $M=\frac{∑X}{N}=\frac{X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4+X_5+X_6+X_7}{7}=\frac{126}{7}=18$
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