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Descriptive Statistics: © 2019 Cengage. All Rights Reserved
Descriptive Statistics: © 2019 Cengage. All Rights Reserved
Chapter 1
• The frequency distribution summarizes information about the popularity of the five soft drinks:
• Coca-Cola is the leader.
• Pepsi is second.
• Diet Coke is third.
• Sprite and Dr. Pepper are tied for fourth.
Cumulative Cumulative
Cumulative Relative Percent
Audit Time (days) Frequency Frequency Frequency
Less than or equal to 14 4 0.20 20
Less than or equal to 19 12 0.60 60
Less than or equal to 24 17 0.85 85
Less than or equal to 29 19 0.95 95
Less than or equal to 34 20 1.00 100
xi x1 x2 x12
x
n 12
138,000 254,000 456,250
12
2,639,250
219,937.50
12
xi
2
2
• Population variance: .
N
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Measures of Variability (Slide 6 of 10)
Table 2.12: Computation of Deviations and Squared Deviations About
the Mean for the Class Size Data
xi x 256
2
2
• Computation of Sample Variance: s 64.
n 1 4
2
• For population, .
• The difference between the third and first quartiles is often referred to as
the interquartile range, or IQR.
xi x yi y
• Population covariance, xy .
N
Relationship between
r value the x and y variables
<0 Negative linear
Near 0 No linear relationship
>0 Positive linear