Module 2: Homework Assignment
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[Date]
Ch. 3: Additional Practice Problems
Question 2
The statement implies that the populations obtained from the samples should be a
representative of the population data. For instance, consider a population of 100 for paper slips
with burgers eaten. Then, group them into samples of 10, and determine the group’s mean at a
time. Then, return the slips back to the bucket after each group draw until every possible
outcome is achieved. As such, the group samples of 10 slips is a representative of the entire
population size, which explains the statement.
Question 6
The shape of the distribution: The distribution is skewed to the right. This is because, the
mode (42) is less than the distribution median of 60, which is in turn less than the mean of the
distribution.
Question 12
a) The shape of the distribution is skewed to the right. This is because, the mode is the only
best and appropriate measure of tendency while dealing with nominal data. The others;
mean and median are mostly preferred in other types of data.
b) The mean is the only measure of central tendency that can be used measure the ratios and
intervals scales of data.
c) The median of a distribution is the only measure of central tendency that can measure all
scales including ordinal, interval, and ratio scales. However, the median does not measure
using nominal scales.
d) The most appropriate measure of central tendency that should be used to positively
skewed distributions is the mean, whose observations lie on the right-hand side. Being
the top best measure of central tendency in a positively skewed distribution, the median
and mode follows respectively.
e) In a negatively skewed distributions, the most common and appropriate measure of
central tendency to use is the median. In this scenario, the median is more appropriate
measure because it is extremely robust in extreme values’ presence.
f) In a normal distribution, the most appropriate and commonly used measure of central
tendency is the mean. However, other scenarios might require all the three measures of
central tendency in normal distributions.
Question 14
a) Mode
7 , 7 , 8 , 8 , 9 ,10 , 10 , 10 ,10 , 12 … . arranged∈ascending order
Mode=10
b) Median
7 , 7 , 8 , 8 , 9 ,10 , 10 , 10 ,10 , 12 … . arranged∈ascending order
n=10
10+1
Mid position= =5.5
2
Median isbetween 5th∧6 thnumbers , which are 9∧10
5 th+6 th 9+10 19
Median= = =
2 2 2
19
¿
2
Median=9.5
c) Mean
Mean=
∑x
n
7 +7+8+ 8+9+10+10+ 10+10+12
Mean=
10
91
Mean=
10
Mean=9.1
Ch. 4: Additional Practice Problems
Question 2
The primary issue of using the range as a measure of variability, is the fact the range is
fully determined by finding the difference between the maximum and minimum values of a
distribution. As such, the range measure ignores other scores in the distribution that are between
the maximum and minimum. Also, there might occur an issue when the maximum or minimum
value is unusually far from the mean and other values clustered together. Therefore, it often does
not give an accurate description of the variability for the entire distribution. For this reason, the
range is considered to be a crude and unreliable measure of variability.
Question 6
The variance is the square of standard deviation (
2 2
For standard deviation ( s∨σ ) , the variance=s ∨σ ) respectively. Both standard deviation and
variance are measures of variability, with the standard deviation measuring how far apart the
data are from the values of a distribution, while the variance measures the actual values of a
distribution vary from its mean.
Question 10
Range=Maximum−Minimum
Maximum=6.8
Minimum=2.5
Therefore , Range=6.8−2.5
Range=4.3
