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Written Assignment Key

For this written assignment, answer the following questions showing all of your work.

Forty randomly selected students were asked the number of pairs of sneakers they owned. Let X = the
number of pairs of sneakers owned. The results are as follows:

a. Find the sample mean 𝑥

Answer: 3.78

̅𝒙 = the sum of X*Frequency/ sum of frequency

b. Find the sample standard deviation, s

Answer: 1.29

𝒔 = is sqrt([Frequency*(X-mean)^2]/[sum of frequency -1])

=1.29
c. Complete the Relative Frequency column and the Cumulative Relative Frequency Column.

Answer:

Note that the total Frequency is = 40 (2+5+8+12+12+12+0+1)

X Frequency Relative Frequency Cumulative Relative


Frequency

1 2 0.05 = 2/40 0.050

2 5 0.125 = 5/40 0.175 = 0.05+0.125

3 8 0.2 = 8/40 0.375 =0.2+0.175

4 12 0.3 = 12/40 0.675 = 0.3 + 0.375

5 12 0.3 = 12/40 0.975 = 0.3 + 0.675

6 0 0 = 0/40 0.975 = 0 + 0.975

7 1 0.025 = 1/40 1.000 = 0.025 + 0.975

d. Find the first quartile.

Answer: 3

 The first quartile is the 25th percentile, which mean 25% of values are below the first quartile.

 We saw in the previous question that the total frequency is 40, so there are 40 observations in the
data.

 So, to find the first quartile, the number of observations must be divided in four: 25% of 40 is 10

 In this case, the first quartile is the 10th observation in this case.

 There are 2 values of 1; 5 values of 2 and 8 values of 3. The first three values of X represent 15
observations.
 So, the 10th observation is the third value of 3. Therefore, the first quartile is 3.

 We can also list all the values of X below from the smallest to largest and determine that onefourth
of the observation is at the value of X=3. This is the 10th observation (25% of 40)

1;1; 2;2;2;2;2;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;7

e. Find the median.

Answer: 4

We can list all the values of X below from the smallest to largest and determine that 50% of the
observation is at the value of X=4. This is the 20th observation (50% of 40) 1;1;
2;2;2;2;2;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;7

f. Find the third quartile.

Answer: 5

We can list all the values of X below from the smallest to largest and determine that three-fourth of the
observation is at the value of X=5. This is the 30th observation (75% of 40) 1;1;
2;2;2;2;2;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;7

g. What percent of the students owned at least five pairs?

Answer: 32.5%
From the relative frequency table, we found that 30% of students had 5 pairs; 0% had 6 pairs and 2.5%
had 7 pairs So, 32.5% of student had at least five pairs

h. Find the 40th percentile.

Answer: 4

We can list all the values of X below from the smallest to largest and determine that 40% of the observation
is at the value of X=4. This is the 16th observation (40% of 40)

1;1; 2;2;2;2;2;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;7

i. Find the 90th percentile.


Answer: 5

We can list all the values of X below from the smallest to largest and determine that 90% of the observation
is at the value of X=5. This is the 36th observation (90% of 40)

1;1; 2;2;2;2;2;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;3;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;4;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;5;7

Reference: Illowsky, B., Dean, S., Birmajer, D., Blount, B., Boyd, S., Einsohn, M., Helmreich, Kenyon, L., Lee,
S., & Taub, J. (2022). Introductory statistics. openstax.
https://openstax.org/books/introductorystatistics/pages/2-bringing-it-together-homework

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