Exam 4: Descriptive Statistical Measures

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Use the spreadsheet below to answer the following question(s). Below is the table showing rate of shoes sold per day and the highest-priced shoe sold that day for a one-week period.The rate of shoes sold per day (X)and the price of the shoes (Y). Shoes sold in \% () Price (Y) 15 \ 48 27 \ 55 10 \ 40 13 \ 88 25 \ 53 9 \ 47 18 \ 40 -Use Excel to calculate the covariance between variables X and Y.

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Use the spreadsheet below to answer the following question(s). Below is the table showing rate of shoes sold per day and the highest-priced shoe sold that day for a one-week period.The rate of shoes sold per day (X)and the price of the shoes (Y). Shoes sold in \% () Price (Y) 15 \ 48 27 \ 55 10 \ 40 13 \ 88 25 \ 53 9 \ 47 18 \ 40 -Use Excel to calculate the mean for X.

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________ states that for any set of data, the proportion of values that lie within k standard deviations (k > 1)of the mean is at least 1 - 1/k².

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Which of the following is true of the coefficient of skewness (CS)?

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Which of the following is true from the equation: i(x1xˉ)\sum_{i}\left(x_{1}-\bar{x}\right) = 0 where xˉ\bar{x} is the mean of the sample?

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What are the different interpretations for correlation coefficient values?

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Which of the following measures of location is calculated using the formula xˉ\bar{x} = i=1nXin{ \frac { \sum _ { i = 1 } ^ { n } X _ { i } } { n } } ,where n is the number of observations?

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Which of the following is an example of a measure of dispersion?

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The ________ measures the degree of asymmetry of observations around the mean.

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Which of the following is true of covariance, between two variables, when one of the deviations from the mean is positive and the other is negative?

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Which of the following types of conditions is most likely to render a midrange value useless?

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One of the measures of location is calculated as 88.Which of the following measures of location corresponds to this value?

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The ________ is a formal statistical measure for categorical data, such as defects or errors in quality control applications or consumer preferences in market research.

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According to statistical notations, what does Σ stand for?

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Skewness describes the lack of symmetry of data.

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According to the empirical rules of standard deviation in statistics, approximately 68% of the observations will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.

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Which of the following describes a positively skewed histogram?

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Which of the following is the z-score equation for the ith observation?

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A correlation of 0 indicates that the two variables have no linear relationship with each other.

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Which of the following is true for a mode?

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