Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-11905-571-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-11905-571-6

Chapter 3 - Section 3.1 - Measures of Center for Ungrouped Data - Exercises - Page 88: 3.16

Answer

1)median = 57.5 2)mode = 64 3)mean = 55.65 4)trimmed mean = 52.4118

Work Step by Step

Rearrange the data from the smallest to the largest 35, 38, 39, 40, 44, 45, 50, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 64, 67, 71, 74, 77 median = (10th + 11th)/2 =(57+58) / 2 =57.5 2) 64 appeared 2 times in the data set so became the mode of the data set 3) n = 20 mean= (35+38+39+40+44+45+50+53+55+57+58+59+61+62+64+64+67+71+74+77)/20 =55.65 4)% trimmed = 15% trimmed n = 20 * 0.15 = 3 trimmed data : 35, 38, 39, 40, 44, 45, 50, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 64, 67 last 3 number ( 71,74,77) are removed since they have the greatest gap from the previous digit (67 and 71) compared to (35 and 38) trimmed mean = =(35+38+39+40+44+45+50+53+55+57+58+59+61+62+64+64+67)/17 =52.4118
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