Statistics (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321755936
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-593-3

Chapter 2 - Methods for Describing Sets of Data - Exercises 2.71 - 2.89 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 64: 2.77c

Answer

Range = $98$ Sample variance = $s^{2}=1307.84$ Sample standard deviation = $s = 36.16$

Work Step by Step

Recall the shortcut formula for calculating the variance ($s^{2}$)$:$ $$s^{2}=\frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}-\frac{(\sum x_{i})^{2}}{n}}{n-1}$$ Create a table in which we compute $\displaystyle \sum x_{i}$ and $\displaystyle \sum x_{i}^{2}$: $$ \begin{array}{rrr} & x & x^{2}\\ \hline & 100 & 10000\\ & 4 & 16\\ & 7 & 49\\ & 30 & 900\\ & 80 & 6400\\ & 30 & 900\\ & 42 & 1764\\ & 2 & 4\\ \hline\rm Sum & 295 & 20033 \end{array}$$ Plug in the given values (there are $n=8$ data items): $$\begin{align*} s^{2}&= \displaystyle \frac{20033-\frac{(295)^{2}}{8}}{8-1} & & \\ & = 1307.84 \\\\ s&= \sqrt{1307.84} =36.16 \end{align*}$$ The range is the difference between the largest and smallest data item: $100-2=98$
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