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characteristics of central tendency statistics. The data that follow are based on a study of actual
expenditures for food by freshmen students at Central Michigan University. (See
http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/2008/local08.pdf). The scores are for a two week period and
are from students who reported positive expenditures. Find:
a) The mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Standard Deviation
e) Coefficient of Variation
$20, $30, $9,
$81,
$22
2. The temperatures listed are averages for March, June, September, and December. Calculate the
mean and standard deviation for each city. Summarize your results in a sentence.
San Francisco, CA
28 61 42 35 35 28 17 17 20
17 17 18 35 18 17 35 42 28 42
21 21 18 21 20 35 20 35 18 17
32 32 61 21 35 18 17 61 20 68
32 21 18 21 20 17 17 35 28 42
33 61 17 20 35 18 17 35 20 68
Frequency Table
X
16 22
23 29
30 36
37 43
44 50
51 57
58 64
65 - 71
M: male
F: female
E: a teenager when first married
W: in ones twenties when first married
H: in ones thirties when first married
a. Find the probability that the individual selected was a teenager at first
marriage.
b. Find the probability that the individual selected was a teenager at first
marriage, given that the person is male.
c. Determine whether or not the events F: female and E: was a teenager at
first marriage are independent.