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Intro Stats- Week 2 Problems

The document discusses measures of central tendency, identifying the median as the best measure for skewed data in travel spending and the mode for categorical preferences in logo designs. It also presents data on daily rainfall, showing that average rainfall is heavier on weekends compared to weekdays. Additionally, it references a study on memory performance, indicating that younger women exhibit less variability in scores than older women.

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Intro Stats- Week 2 Problems

The document discusses measures of central tendency, identifying the median as the best measure for skewed data in travel spending and the mode for categorical preferences in logo designs. It also presents data on daily rainfall, showing that average rainfall is heavier on weekends compared to weekdays. Additionally, it references a study on memory performance, indicating that younger women exhibit less variability in scores than older women.

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Week 2 Problems

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 11:22 AM

1. For each of the following situations, identify the measure of central tendency (mean,
median, or mode) that would provide the best description:

a. A news reporter interviewed people shopping in a local mall and asked how much they
spent on summer vacations. Most people traveled locally and reported modest amounts but
one couple had flown to Paris for a month and paid a small fortune.
Variable of Interest = Money spent on travel (Continuous measurement)
Median = best measure because Paris trip = outlier therefore mean and mode would be affected (biased/skewed).
Median is best for central measure that is more representative of general value

b. A marketing researcher asked consumers to select their favorite from a set of four designs
for a new product logo.
Mode = best meausure because most frequent/repetitive out of
4 design options (categorical, discrete measurement)

2. Does it ever seem to you that the weather is nice during the work week, but lousy on the
weekend? Cerveny and Balling (1998) have confirmed that this is not your imagination—
pollution accumulating during the work week most likely spoils the weekend weather for people
on the Atlantic coast. Consider the following hypothetical data showing the daily amount of
rainfall (inches) for 10 weeks during the summer.

a. Calculate the average daily rainfall (the mean) during the week, and the average daily
rainfall for weekends.

Weekday Mean = 1.2 + 0.6 + 0.0 + 1.6 + 0.8 + 2.1 + 0.2 + 0.9 + 1.1 + 1.4 = 9.9/10 = 0.99 inches
Weekend Mean = 1.5 + 2.0 + 1.8 + 1.5 + 2.2 + 2.4 + 0.8 + 1.6 + 1.2 + 1.7 = 1.67 inches

b. Based on the two means, does there appear to be a pattern in the data?

on average rainfall is heavier on the weekends compared to weekdays

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3. A study by Wegesin and Stern (2004) found greater consistency (less variability) in the memory
performance scores for younger women than for older women. The following data represent memory
scores obtained for two women, one older and one younger, over a series of memory trials.

a. Calculate the variance of the scores for each woman.


b. Are the scores for the younger woman more consistent (less variable)?

A) Younger
S2 = SS/n-1
= (sigmax2 - (sigmax)2/n)/n-1
s2 = (426 - 3364/8)/7
= 426-420.5/7
= 0.7857 = 0.8

B) Older
S2 =

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