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Objects such as asteroids and comets that come into proximity with the Earth are called near-Earth objects (NEOs). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tracks and catalogues all NEOs that are at least 1kilometer wide. Data on NEOs can be found on the NASA website; The following table gives the relative velocities in kilometers per second , arranged in increasing order, for the NEO close approaches to the earth during June 2013.

The sample mean and sample standard deviation of these velocities are 11.9and 6.5 respectively.
a. Compare the percentage of the observations that actually lie within two standard deviations to either side of the mean with that given by Chebyshev's rule withk=2

b. Repeat part (a) withk=3

c. Interpret your results from parts (a) and (b).

Short Answer

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Part(a) Actual percentage of observation is greater than percentage of observation by Chebyshev's rule.

Part(b) Actual percentage of observation is greater than percentage of observation by Chebyshev's rule.

Part(c) From part(a) and part (b) we can interpret that actual percentage will usually be higher.

Step by step solution

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Part(a) Step 1 : Given information

We are given that sample has 33observations.

Mean x=11.9

Standard deviation s=6.5.

We have to find number of observations whenk=2

02

Part (a) Step 2 : Simplify

As we know,according to Chebyshev's rule

For any quantitative data set and any real number kgreater than or equal to 1,at least 1-1k2of observations lies within kstandard deviation to either side of mean ,that is , between x-ksand x+ks

Now, according to given data

x-ks=11.9-26.5=-1.1x+ks=11.9+26.5=24.91-1k2=1-122=0.75=75%

Observations that are two standard deviations to either side of the mean, according to Chebyshev's rule are 75%
However, based on the table, we can deduce that only two observations do not fall within the prescribed interval, implying that the observations are those that are within two standard deviations of the mean.

03

Part(b) Step 1 : Given information

We are given that sample has 33observations.

Meanx=11.9

Standard deviation s=6.5.

We have to find number of observations whenk=3

04

Part (b) Step 2 : Simplify

As we know,according to Chebyshev's rule

For any quantitative data set and any real number kgreater than or equal to 1,at least 1-1k2of observations lies within kstandard deviation to either side of mean ,that is , between -7.6and 31.4

Now, according to given data

x-ks=11.9-36.5=-7.6x+ks=11.9+36.5=31.41-1k2=1-132≈89%

Observations that are three standard deviations to either side of the mean, according to Chebyshev's rule are 75%.

However, we may deduce from the table that all observations fall inside the provided interval, implying that all observations are within two standard deviations of the mean.

05

Part(c) Step 1 : Given information

We are given percentage of observations when k=2 and k=3

06

Part (c) Step 2 : Simplify

Chebyshev's rule only specifies a minimum for the percentage of observations that lie within a specific number of standard deviations to either side of the mean from provided data, implying that the actual percentage will usually be higher.

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