Each weekly assignment contains two parts.  Part 1 contains statistics problems and part 2 contains a weekly writing assignment.

Part 1 - Problems:
Complete the following problems in a Word document and submit through this drop box. (A-J from this sheet and then pg 262 and 272 from ebook)
1. Find the mean, median, mode, and midrange for the following:

a.  774, 649, 1210, 546, 431, 612

b.  714, 751, 664, 789, 818, 779, 698, 836, 753, 834, 693, 802

c.  2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2

d.  11, 3, 0, -2,3, -2, -2, 5, -2, 7, 2, 4, 1, 8, 1, 0, -5, 2

e. 158, 17, 15, 18, 7, 3, 5, 1, 8, 3, 4, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

f.  7.2, 7.1, 7.4, 7.9, 6.5, 7.2, 8.2, 9.3

2. Find the range, variance and standard deviation for the following:

g.  774, 649, 1210, 546, 431, 612

h.  714, 751, 664, 789, 818, 779, 698, 836, 753, 834, 693, 802

i.  2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2

j.  7.2, 7.1, 7.4, 7.9, 6.5, 7.2, 8.2, 9.3

3. Please view the Ebook/Lecture Notes/Videos folder to find the Normal standard distribution table and a Help Guide to week 2 assignment.

Page 262 #14, 16, 20, 22, 26
 Page 272 #6, 8

 

Part 2 - Writing Assignment: 

Write a brief APA-style paper addressing the following topic:

 This week we cover central tendency, standard deviation and variance. Take a look at some of the applications for standard deviation in the world and discuss.  Be specific and find a particular example of where standard deviation was used and applied.

A couple of examples of applying standard deviation are:
•Business Administration- measuring the risk of an investment

 
•Health Care- measuring lower and upper limits for medication for blood pressure.

 

Written Requirements:
•1-2 paragraphs (4-8 sentences each)

 
•12 point font

 
•1-2 References, APA Style Bibliography, In-Text Citation

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