A shot-put player records the following scores, 16.8 m, 16.9 m, 17.1 m, 17.2 m, 17.8 m, 17.9 m, 18.2 m, 18.3 m, 18.3 m, 18.5 m. Find the 1000 trimmed mean.
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4%
16
19%
16.71
8%
17
70%
17.71
A shot-put player records the following scores, 16.8 m, 16.9 m, 17.1 m, 17.2 m, 17.8 m, 17.9 m, 18.2 m, 18.3 m, 18.3 m, 18.5 m. Find the 10% trimmed mean.
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1%
16
9%
16.71
4%
17
86%
17.71
When constructing a comparative bar graph we use the ............. rather than the ............
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15%
frequency , relative frequency
83%
relative frequency , frequency
2%
None
The mean, median, or mode by itself is usually a sufficient measure to reveal the shape of the distribution of a data set.
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38%
T
62%
F
is the simplest measure of dispersion to calculate
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13%
Mean
1%
Median
79%
Range
7%
Mode
The greater the amount of variability in the sample, the larger the magnitudes (ignoring the signs) of the deviations.
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92%
T
8%
F
is the most-used measure of dispersion.
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14%
DEVIATION
54%
standard deviation
32%
both
In general, a Large value of the standard deviation for a data set indicates that the values of that data set are spread over a relatively smaller range around the mean.
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44%
T
56%
F
A particular deviation is positive if the corresponding x value is greater than x bar and negative if the x value is less than x bar
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86%
T
14%
F
The standard deviation of the widths (in cm) of a group of 25 leaves is 0.9 cm. What is the variance of their widths?
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12%
5
14%
0.3
68%
0.81
7%
8.1
The heights of a group of 6 people are 150 cm, 1 55 cm, 160 cm, 165 cm, 170 cm, and 175 cm. Find the standard deviation of their heights.
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10%
8.78
69%
8.53
8%
7.96
13%
9.12
Find the standard deviation of the following data (rounded off to two decimal places). 5,3,4,7
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70%
1.48
7%
3.21
9%
4.12
14%
2.45
If the standard deviation of a, b and c is t, then what will be the standard deviation of a + 6, b+6 and c+ 6 ?
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41%
t
32%
t+6
12%
a+b+c
14%
6t
empirical rule applies only to a specific type of distribution called a bell - shaped distribution .
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95%
T
5%
F