See p 16 bottom of the text 5 the sum of the xi is

Unformatted text preview: deviations is unchanged. See p. 16, bottom, of the text. 5. The sum of the xi is 100 ￿ i=1 xi = 100 ￿ i=5 xi fi = (0 · 6) + (1 · 7) + (2 · 19) + (3 · 14) + (4 · 4) = 103. This is because, if we assume that the xi are listed so that all of the 0’s come first, followed by all the 1’s, followed by all the 2’s, etc, then (0 · 6) gives the sum of the first 6 Xi , (1 · 7) gives the sum 1 ¯ of the next 7 Xi , etc. Thus the sample mean is x = 50 · 103 = 2.06. For the sample median, since n = 50 is even, the sample median will be the average of the 25th and 26th values. But from the table we see that the 14th through 32nd values are all 2, so, in particular, the 25th and 26th values are both 2, and so the sample median is 2. ￿￿￿ ￿ ￿ 50 1 (xi )2 − 50 · x2 . ¯ To calculate the sample variance, we use the alternate formula s2 = 49 i=1 ￿ ￿￿ ￿ ￿50 2 = 50 · 103 · 103 = 103 · 2.06 = 212.18. For 2 , by the same reasoning used Note that 50 · x ¯ i=1 (xi ) 50 50 in our calculation of x, this can be calculated as (0 · 6) + (1 · 7) + (4 · 19) + (9 · 14) + (16 · 4) = 273, ¯ √ 1 so finally, s2 = 49 (273 − 212.18) = 1.241224, and...
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