Exam 3: Descriptive Statistics: Numerical

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The growth rates in the population of Dalton for the past three years are shown below. Year Growth Factors 1 1.0313 2 1.0429 3 1.0343 ​ a. Compute the Geometric mean b. What has been the percentage growth in the population of Dalton?

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The sum of deviations of the individual data elements from their mean is

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The coefficient of variation indicates how large the standard deviation is relative to the​

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The growth rate in thepopulation of Atlanta for the past five years are shown below. Year Growth 1 Factors 2 1.0298 3 1.0270 4 1.0319 5 1.0258 5 1.0304 ​ a. Compute the Geometric mean b. What has been the percentage growth in the population of Atlanta?

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The numerical value of the variance

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For the following frequency distribution, Class Frequency 45-47 3 48-50 6 51-53 8 54-56 2 57-59 1 ​ a. Compute the mean. b. Compute the standard deviation. (Assume the data represent a population.)

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The weights (in pounds) of a sample of 36 individuals were recorded and the following statistics were calculated. mean = 160 Range = 60 Mode = 165 Variance = 324 Median = 170 The coefficient of variation equals

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The geometric mean of five observations is the

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During a cold winter, the temperature stayed below zero for ten days (ranging from -20 to -5).The variance of the temperatures of the ten-day period

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Consider the data in the following frequency distribution.Assume the data represent a population. Class Frequency 2-6 2 7-11 3 12-16 4 17-21 1 For the above data, compute the following. a. The mean b. The variance c. The standard deviation

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Which of the following symbols represents the mean of the population?

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The sample variance

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The measure of variability that is influenced most by extreme values is

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Which of the following is not a measure of variability?

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​The __________ can be interpreted as the number of standard deviations a data value is from the mean of all the data values.

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The symbol σ is used to represent

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The variance of the sample

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The empirical rule states that, for data having a bell-shaped distribution, the percentage of data values being within one standard deviation of the mean is approximately​

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Since the mode is the most frequently occurring data value, it

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The geometric mean of 1, 3, 5, and 6 is

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