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MAT 240Homework 1

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Student: Adam Smith Date: 12/13/16

Instructor: Isaac Raymond Course: MAT-240-Q1653-16EW1

Assignment: 1-3 MyStatLab: Module One Problem Set

1. The following data represent the percent of owners of an electronic device that plan to purchase a replacement device within the next 12 months based on a survey of 1100 adults in a certain country. Complete parts (a) through (c). 1 Click the icon to view the bar chart of the data. (a) What percent of game console owners plan to buy a replacement device within the next 12 months? 10.5

%

(b) If there are 250 million individuals who own a cell phone, how many expect to replace their phone within the next 12 months? 37000000 (c) If the results of the survey were claimed to indicate that 7.7% of adults in this country who own digital cameras plan to replace their camera in the next 12 months, would you say this statement is descriptive or inferential? Why? A. The statement is descriptive, because the survey sampled enough adults in the country to be certain that its results apply to the population. B. The statement is descriptive, because the claim is stating what has been determined by the survey. C. The statement is inferential, because the survey results are unlikely to be similar to the results for the country's population. D. The statement is inferential, because the survey reports on a sample of the country's population. This claim requires an inference to the population.

1: Planned Electronic Device Replacement Owners Planning to Replace Electronic Device DVD Player

6.5%

TV

12.2%

Game Console

10.5%

Digital Camera Cell Phone PC

7.7% 14.8% 18.7%

0 5 10 15 20 25 Percent

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2. A library took a survey to find the age distribution of 50 randomly selected new youth members. The results are shown in the table below.

(a) Construct a relative frequency distribution of the data. Age Group

Relative Frequency

Age Group

Number of New Members

3-5

.14

3-5

7

6-8

.24

6-8

12

9-11

.18

9-11

9

12-14

12-14

15

15-17

7

15-17

.3 .14

(b) What percentage of new youth members are in the 6-8 age group? 24

%

(c) What percentage of the new youth members are age 8 or younger? 38

%

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3. The data to the right represent the number of people from a certain county, aged 5 to 64, who visited an optometrist over the course of last year.

Age

Patients

5-19

2484

20-34

3208

35-49

5798

50-64

6910

(a) Create a relative frequency distribution. (Round to three decimal places as needed.) Age

Relative Frequency

5-19

.135

20-34

.174

35-49

.315 .376

50-64

(b) Create a frequency histogram. Choose the correct answer below. B.

4000 2000 0

20-34

Age

4000 2000

5-19

0

50-64

D.

8000 35-49

6000

20-34

Age

Frequency

8000 35-49

6000 5-19

Frequency

Frequency

8000

C.

8000 35-49

6000 5-19 4000 2000 0

50-64

20-34

Age

Frequency

A.

6000 4000 2000

35-49 5-19

0

50-64

20-34

Age

50-64

(c) Create a relative frequency histogram. Choose the correct answer below.

5-19 20-34

Age

50-64

35-49 5-19

20-34

Age

50-64

0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0

D.

5-19 35-49 20-34

Age

50-64

Relative Frequency

35-49

0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0

C. Relative Frequency

0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0

B. Relative Frequency

Relative Frequency

A.

0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0

(d) What percentage of patients were between 35 and 49? 31.5 % (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.) (e) What percentage of patients were 34 or younger? 30.9 % (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)

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5-19

35-49

20-34

Age

50-64


4. The accompanying data represent the percentage of recent high school graduates (graduated within 12 months before the given year-end) who enrolled in college in the fall. Construct a time-series plot and comment on any trends. 2 Click the icon to view the data table. Choose the correct time-series plot below. A.

B. College Enrollment

College Enrollment

64

58 1989

1997

70 Percent Enrolled

70 Percent Enrolled

70 Percent Enrolled

C. College Enrollment

64

58 1989

2005

Year

1997

64

58 1989

2005

Year

1997

2005

Year

Comment on any trends. Choose the correct comment below. A. The percentage of high school graduates who enrolled in college has generally decreased, though there have been some up years. B. There are not any trends. C. The percentage of high school graduates who enrolled in college has generally increased, though there have been some down years.

2: College Enrollment Full data set Year

Percent Enrolled

Year

Percent Enrolled

1989

59.6

1998

65.6

1990

60.1

1999

62.9

1991

62.3

2000

63.3

1992

61.7

2001

61.5

1993

62.5

2002

65.2

1994

61.7

2003

63.9

1995

61.7

2004

66.7

1996

65.5

2005

68.4

1997

67.5

5. For a large sporting event the broadcasters sold 62 ad slots for a total revenue of $144 million. What was the mean price per ad slot? The mean price per ad slot was $ 2.3 (Round to one decimal place as needed.)

million.

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6. The following data represent the monthly cell phone bill for a person's phone for six randomly selected months. $35.34, $42.09, $39.47, $38.99, $43.39, $49.26 Compute the mean, median, and mode phone bill. The mean phone bill is $ The median phone bill is $

41.42

. (Round to the nearest cent as needed.)

40.78

. (Round to the nearest cent as needed.)

Compute the mode phone bill. Choose the correct answer below. A. The mode phone bill is $43.39. B. The mode phone bill is $35.34. C. The mode phone bill is $39.47. D. There is no mode phone bill. 7. A random sample of 15 college students were asked "How many hours per week typically do you work outside the home?" Their responses are shown on the right. Determine the shape of the distribution of hours worked by drawing a frequency histogram and computing the mean and median. Which measure of central tendency better describes hours worked?

7

33

1

7

9

13

18

14

19

15

10

27

12

8

12

Choose the correct frequency histogram below. B.

4 2 0

Hours Worked per Week Frequency

Frequency

Hours Worked per Week

0

10

20 30

hours

C.

4 2 0

Hours Worked per Week Frequency

A.

0

10

20 30

4 2 0

0

10

hours

20 30

hours

Is the histogram for the data set skewed right, skewed left, or symmetric? skewed right skewed left symmetric The mean number of hours worked by college students outside the home is approximately (Type an integer or decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.)

13.667

The median number of hours worked by college students outside the home is

hours.

Which measure of central tendency better describes hours worked? median mode mean

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12

hours.


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