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    REVIEW EXERCISES CHAPTER 8 AND 9 PROFESSOR JONAS WIU-RES BY DEBRA JAMES CHAPTER 8 1. High temperature in the United States a meteorologist claims that the average of the highest temperatures in the united states in 98. A random sample of 50 cities is selected, and the highest temperatures are recorded. The data are shown. At a=0.05 can the claim be rejected? a=7.7 97, 101, 99, 99, 100, 94, 87, 99, 108, 93, 96, 88, 98, 97,88, 105, 97, 96, 98, 102, 99, 94, 96, 114, 99, 96, 98, 97, 91,

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    In investigating the impact of the regime changes on league competitiveness, the overall change in league equilibrium is charted based on the standard deviation of the team winning percentages for a particular season. One can compare the winning percentages’ actual standard deviation (ASD) with the ideal standard deviation (ISD) in a given year, assuming a perfectly competitive league. This approach was first used by Roger Noll and Scully in 1988 in their studies where they argued that the dispersion

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    converted from hydrogen peroxide and water by the catalase. 2.2 Processing Raw Data Experimental data, that is where measurements are taken and manipulated, always involves variation. To assert this statistical tools such as the mean and standard and standard deviation as a percentage of the mean for the volume of foam created and the final volume to find a central tendency and dispersion.

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    weight (under 5.5 pounds)? a) Under 28 = 99.88% The NORMDIST formula was used to calculate: =NORMDIST(5.5,1.88,1.99,True) X= 5.5 Mean= 1.88 Standard Deviation=1.19 b) 32 to 35 weeks = 43.83% The NORMDIST formula was used to calculate: =NORMDIST (5.5,5.73,1.48,True) X= 5.5 Mean= 5.73 Standard Deviation=1.48 c) 37 to 39 weeks = 4.66% The NORMDIST formula was used to calculate: =NORMDIST(5.5,7.33,1.09, True) X= 5.5 Mean= 7.33

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    variavles along with its mean, standard deviations. It shall be noted that no question has any missing entry and all elements were analyzed on equal parameter, the survey forms with missing entry were rejected at data screening stage. The maximum and minimum value of all questions lie between 1 to 5, 1 being the highest and 5 being the lowest value. The mean of questions categorized the high resource people and low resource people

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    Math 221 Quiz Review for Weeks 5 and 6 1. Find the area under the standard normal curve between z = 1.6 and z = 2.6. First we look for the area of both by doing “2nd ,Vars, NORMALCDF” and inputting “-1000, “Z,” 0, 1 then find the difference between both. 2. A business wants to estimate the true mean annual income of its customers.  It randomly samples 220 of its customers.  The mean annual income was $61,400 with a standard deviation of $2,200.  Find a 95% confidence interval for the true mean annual

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    00 Never true Slightly true Neutral True Always true 1 4 3 0 0 12.5% 50.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% Count Percent Type Format Measurement Role N Valid Missing Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Standard Deviation Percentile 25 Percentile 50 Percentile 75 Labeled Values 1 2 3 4 5 Page 11 A11 Value Standard

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    squared deviations, (d) variance, and (e) standard deviation: 2, 2, 0, 5, 1, 4, 1, 3, 0, 0, 1, 4, 4, 0, 1, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 0 Answer: A) Mean = 2 B) Median = 2 C) Sum of squared deviations =-52 D). Variance = -2.47 E). Standard deviation = 1.57 12. For the following scores, find the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) sum of squared deviations, (d) variance, and (e) standard deviation: 1,112; 1,245; 1,361; 1,372; 1,472 Answer: A) Mean = 1.361 B) Median = 1.3124 C) Sum of squared deviations = 0.07608920

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    03–Types of Distributions Module 2 Slide 1: Welcome back! Congratulations for all the work that you have done! While I’m sure you are anxious to learn about the technique to answer research questions and hypotheses, social workers and researchers need to understand the basic. Think of your first bike ride. Did you need training wheels? Or did you need that gentle push from a parent or relative? These were the foundations that prepared you for many years of enjoyable bicycling! As stated in the previous

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    Two Practice Problems Prepare a written response to the following questions. Chapter 2 12. For the following scores, find the mean, median, sum of squared deviations, variance, and standard deviation: 1,112; 1,245; 1,361; 1,372; 1,472 Mean is 1312 Median is 1361 Sum of squared deviations is 76089.2 Variance is 15218 Standard deviation is 123.361 16. A psychologist interested in political behavior measured the square footage of the desks in the official office for four U.S. governors and of

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