3.

For the following data sets:

Determine the mean.
Use a table to determine the variance and the standard deviation.
Determine the percentage of data points within one standard deviation of
the mean. Round your answer to the nearest percentage point.
a) {9,1; 0,2; 2,8; 2,0; 10,0; 5,8; 9,3; 8,0}
b) {9; 5; 1; 3; 3; 5; 7; 4; 10; 8}
c) {81; 22; 63; 12; 100; 28; 54; 26; 50; 44; 4; 32}
4. Use a calculator to determine the
mean,
variance,
and standard deviation
of the following data sets:
a) 8 ; 3 ; 10 ; 7 ; 7 ; 1 ; 3 ; 1 ; 3 ; 7
b) 4 ; 4 ; 13 ; 9 ; 7 ; 7 ; 2 ; 5 ; 15 ; 4 ; 22 ; 11
c) 4,38 ; 3,83 ; 4,99 ; 4,05 ; 2,88 ; 4,83 ; 0,88 ; 5,33 ; 3,49 ; 4,10
d) 4,76 ; 4,96 ; 6,35 ; 3,57 ; 0,59 ; 2,18 ; 4,96 ; 3,57 ; 2,18 ; 1,98
e) 7 ; 53 ; 29 ; 42 ; 12 ; 111 ; 122 ; 79 ; 83 ; 5 ; 69 ; 45 ; 23 ; 77
5. Xolani surveyed the price of a loaf of white bread at two different supermarkets.
The data, in rands, are given below.
Supermarket A 3,96 3,76 4,00 3,91 3,69 3,72
Supermarket B 3,97 3,81 3,52 4,08 3,88 3,68
a) Find the mean price at each supermarket and then state which supermarket
has the lower mean.
b) Find the standard deviation of each supermarkets prices.
c) Which supermarket has the more consistently priced white bread? Give
reasons for your answer.
6. The times for the 8 athletes who swam the 100 m freestyle nal at the 2012
London Olympic Games are shown below. All times are in seconds.
47,52 ; 47,53 ; 47,80 ; 47,84 ; 47,88 ; 47,92 ; 48,04 ; 48,44
a) Calculate the mean time.
b) Calculate the standard deviation for the data.
c) How many of the athletes times are more than one standard deviation away
from the mean?
7. The following data set has a mean of 14,7 and a variance of 10,01.
18 ; 11 ; 12 ; a ; 16 ; 11 ; 19 ; 14 ; b ; 13
Calculate the values of a and b.
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