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2.4 The cost of automobile insurance has become a sore subject in California because Insurance rates
are dependent on so many different variables, Including the city in which you live, the number of cars
you insure and the company that gives you the price quote. The Department of Insurance provided
consumers with a rate survey in 1996, which was used in an advertisement for the 20th century
insurance. The 6- month premiums for the 20th century and allstate insurance in four California cities
are listed in the table
2.5 The VCR is a common fixture in most American household in fact, most American households has
VCRs and many have more than one. A sample of 25 households produced the following
measurements on x, the number of VCR households:
1 0 2 1 1
1 0 2 1 0
0 1 2 3 2
1 1 1 0 1
3 1 0 1 1
2.8 The following data shows the occupancy cost (in dollars) per square foot in 1997 – annual rent,
taxes and operating expenses for prime office space in 13 major U.S cities
2.10 In a psychological experiment the time on task was recorded for ten subjects under a 5-minute
time constrain These measurements are in seconds:
2.29 Find the median, the lower and upper quartiles and the IQR for these data: 8, 7, 1, 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 7,
6, 3, 0
2.30 Refer to the data of Exercise 2.29 and calculate for the sample mean and variance
2.31 Find the median, the lower and upper quartiles and the IQR for these data: 19, 12, 16, 0, 14, 9, 6,
1, 12, 13, 10, 19, 7, 5, 8