Statistics - practice problems
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- A group 2
A group of students was asked, "How many hours did you watch television last week? " Here are their responses. 13, 14, 4, 19, 19, 11 Find the median and mean number of hours for these students. If necessary, round your answers to the nearest tenth. (a) Me
- Approximately 81561
The international express has eight cars. There are from 97 to 105 passengers in each car. Approximately how many passengers will be carried by express train?
- A Gallup
A Gallup poll investigated whether adults in Mumbai preferred staying at home or going out as their favorite way of spending time in the evening. Out of the 500 adults, the majority of adults (70%) indicated that staying at home was their favorite evening
- The test 2
The test scores for a class are 86, 94, 70, 81, 92, 74, 75, 89, 76, and 97. What is the mean of the data set?
- Z-score 3
A random variable X has a mean of 4 and a standard deviation of 2. What is the corresponding z-score for x = 7?
- The miniature
The miniature golf scores for 7 friends are 23, 30, 39, 32, 35, 14, and 23. What is the mean golf score for this group of friends?
- Received 80578
A poultry company received a thousand chickens with an average weight of 1.7 kg at CZK 50/kg. During the day, the company sold 300 chickens for 24 thousand. CZK. What was the average weight of unsold chickens?
- Consider 6
Consider the following word problem: The temperature readings for 20 days at 1 AM at a local ski resort were recorded as follows: 9° 27° −4° 1° 5° 14° 6° 28° −2° 16° 30° 4° 20° 30° −5° 15° −7° 25° −1° 5° What was the average of the recorded temperatures f
- Entrance exam
In a college entrance exam, the participants are rated as excellent, very good, good, and fair. Consider that the scores in the exam are normally distributed with a mean of 78 and a standard deviation of 7.5. The participants receiving the top 5% of the s
- IQR and range
The times spent in minutes by 20 people waiting in a queue at the bank for a teller were: 3.4, 2.1, 3.8, 2.2, 4.5, 1.4, 0,0, 1.6, 4.8, 1.5, 1.9, 0, 3.6, 5.2, 2.7, 3.0, 0.8, 3.8, 5.2, Find the range and interquartile range of the waiting times.
- A batsman
A batsman scored the following number of runs in seven innings 35,30,45,65,39,20,40. Find the mean, median, and range.
- Z score transformation
Suppose a distribution has a mean µ = 8 and standard deviation σ = 4. What is the value of x if it is z = +1.50?
- Elisa
Elisa got the following grades in five subjects: 87, 88, 89, 88, and 90. What is her average in the five subjects?
- A test 3
A test of five light bulbs showed that they burned for the following lengths of time (in days): 17 2/3, 19 1/4, 20 1/2, 21, and 18 3/4. For how many days, on average, did the light bulbs burn?
- Daily balance
For the month of April, each checking account has a balance of $555 for 24 days, $2436 for one day, and $243 for five days. What is the account's mean daily balance for April?
- The midpoint 3
Ranges are 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50. If the frequency is 7 15 26 12, what is the midpoint?
- Peter 11
Peter is answering 10 word math problems. It takes him 1 ⅓ hour to answer five and 1 ½ hours to answer 5. On average, how many minutes does it take him to answer a problem?
- A sample 2
A sample of underweight babies was fed a special diet, and the following weight gains (lbs) were observed at the end of three months: 6.7, 2.7, 2.5, 3.6, 3.4, 4.1, 4.8, 5.9, and 8.3. Find the variance. (Round off to the nearest hundredths)
- The salary 2
The salary for a group of executives was listed as follows: 18 at P50,000:10 at P60,000; 8 at P75,000:2 at P90,000; and two at P10,000. The average salary is:
- An insurance
An insurance company receives, on average, two claims per week from a particular factory. Assuming that a Poisson distribution can model the number of claims, find the probability it receives. three claims in a given week, more than four claims in a given
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