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A survey of enrollment at 35community colleges across the United States yielded the following figures:

6414;1550;2109;9350;21828;4300;5944;5722;2825;2044;5481;5200;5853;2750;10012;6357;27000;9414;7681;3200; 17500; 9200; 7380; 18314; 6557; 13713; 17768; 7493;2771; 2861; 1263; 7285; 28165; 5080;11622

a. Organize the data into a chart with five intervals of equal width. Label the two columns "Enrollment" and "Frequency."

b. Construct a histogram of the data.

c. If you were to build a new community college, which piece of information would be more valuable: the mode or the mean?

d. Calculate the sample mean.

e. Calculate the sample standard deviation.

f. A school with an enrollment of 8000would be how many standard deviations away from the mean?

Short Answer

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(a)

EnrollmentFrequency
0-6000
16
6000-12000
12
12000-18000
3
18000-24000
2
24000-30000
2
Total35

(b)

(c) The mode.

(d) The sample mean=8485.71

(e) The sample standard deviation=6883

(f) The value 8000is 0.07standard deviations away from the mean.

Step by step solution

01

Given information (part a)

The list of figures

6414;1550;2109;9350;21828;4300;5944;5722;2825;2044;5481;5200;5853;2750;10012;6357;27000;9414;7681;3200; 17500; 9200; 7380; 18314; 6557; 13713; 17768; 7493;2771; 2861; 1263; 7285; 28165; 5080;11622

02

Explanation (part a)

EnrollmentFrequency
0-6000
16
6000-12000
12
12000-18000
3
18000-24000
2
24000-30000
2
Total35
03

Given information (part b)

The list of figures

6414;1550;2109;9350;21828;4300;5944;5722;2825;2044;5481;5200;5853;2750;10012;6357;27000;9414;7681;3200; 17500; 9200; 7380; 18314; 6557; 13713; 17768; 7493;2771; 2861; 1263; 7285; 28165; 5080;11622
04

Explanation (part b)

05

Given information (part c)

The list of figures

6414;1550;2109;9350;21828;4300;5944;5722;2825;2044;5481;5200;5853;2750;10012;6357;27000;9414;7681;3200; 17500; 9200; 7380; 18314; 6557; 13713; 17768; 7493;2771; 2861; 1263; 7285; 28165; 5080;11622
06

Explanation (part c)

The mean is the average value of a given data set which represents each and every observation. The mean is dependent on the outliners too. But the mode is the observation that gives the highest frequency. when we have to make a decision to build a new community college, the best way is to consider the majority. Hence, in this case, the mode is more valuable.

07

Give information (part d)

The list of figures

6414;1550;2109;9350;21828;4300;5944;5722;2825;2044;5481;5200;5853;2750;10012;6357;27000;9414;7681;3200; 17500; 9200; 7380; 18314; 6557; 13713; 17768; 7493;2771; 2861; 1263; 7285; 28165; 5080;11622
08

Explanation (part d)

EnrollmentFrequency (f)Class mark (x)fx
0-6000
16
3000
48000
6000-12000
12
9000
108000
12000-18000
3
15000
45000
18000-24000
2
21000
42000
24000-30000
2
27000
54000
Total35

297000

x¯=∑fx∑f=29700035=8485.7143

09

Given information (part e)

The list of figures

6414;1550;2109;9350;21828;4300;5944;5722;2825;2044;5481;5200;5853;2750;10012;6357;27000;9414;7681;3200; 17500; 9200; 7380; 18314; 6557; 13713; 17768; 7493;2771; 2861; 1263; 7285; 28165; 5080;11622
10

Step 10: 

Class mark (x)Frequency (f)(x-x¯)2
f(x-x¯)2
3000
16
30096196
481539136
9000
12
264196
3170352
15000
3
42432196
127296588
21000
2
156600196
313200392
27000
2
342768196
685536392
Total35

1610742860

S=∑f(x-x¯)2∑f-1=161074286035-1=161074286034=47374790=6882.9347

11

Given information (part f)

The list of figures

6414;1550;2109;9350;21828;4300;5944;5722;2825;2044;5481;5200;5853;2750;10012;6357;27000;9414;7681;3200; 17500; 9200; 7380; 18314; 6557; 13713; 17768; 7493;2771; 2861; 1263; 7285; 28165; 5080;11622

Sample meanx¯=8486

The sample standard deviationS=6883

Value to be consideredx=8000

12

Explanation (part f)

(#of STDVs)=value-x¯S(#of STDVs)=8000-84866883=-4866883=-0.0706

Hence 8000is 0.07standard deviation below the mean.

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