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Grouped Data Problems

The document provides 8 examples of quantitative frequency distributions with data grouped into categories. Each distribution represents a different data set, such as monthly cell phone costs, college football game scores, annual high temperatures, hours worked per week, and more. The user is asked to find the mean and standard deviation for each distribution.

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Grouped Data Problems

The document provides 8 examples of quantitative frequency distributions with data grouped into categories. Each distribution represents a different data set, such as monthly cell phone costs, college football game scores, annual high temperatures, hours worked per week, and more. The user is asked to find the mean and standard deviation for each distribution.

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Grouped Data Problems


Find the mean and standard deviation of the following quantitative frequency distribution
adapted from those on pages 146 to 148 of Michael Sullivan, Fundamentals of Statistics,
Education, Inc. 2008.
1) A sample of college students was asked how much they spent monthly on a cell phone
dollar).
Monthly Cell Phone Plan Cost ($) Number of Students
10 - 19 8
20 - 29 16
30 - 39 21
40 - 49 11
50 - 59 4

2) The following data represent the difference in scores between the winning and losing t
college football bowl games from 2004-2005.
Point Difference Number of Bowl Games
1-5 8
6 - 10 0
11 - 15 2
16 - 20 3
21 - 25 1
26 - 30 0
31 - 35 1

3) The following table represents the distribution of the annual number of days over 100
Dallas-Fort Worth for a sample of 80 years from 1905 to 2004.
Days Above 100 Degrees Number of Years
0-9 25
10 - 19 33
20 - 29 14
30 - 39 5
40 - 49 2
50 - 59 1

4) The following table shows the distribution of the number of hours worked each week (
sample of 100 community college students.
Hours Worked per Week Number of Students
0-9 24
10 - 19 14
20 - 29 39
30 - 39 18
40 - 49 5
35 - 44 29
45 - 54 28
55 - 64 20

6) The following data represent the high temperature distribution in degrees Fahrenheit fo
from the month of August in Chicago since 1872.
Temperature Days
60 - 69 3
70 - 79 15
80 - 89 17
90 - 99 5

7) The following data represent the annual rainfall distribution in St. Louis, Missouri, for
from 1870 to 2004.
Rainfall (inches) Number of Years
20 - 24 1
25 - 29 3
30 - 34 5
35 - 39 8
40 - 44 5
45 - 49 2
50 - 54 0
55 - 59 1

8) The following data represent the age distribution of a sample of 70 women having mul
2002.
Age Number
15 - 19 1
20 - 24 5
25 - 29 16
30 - 34 28
35 - 39 17
40 - 44 3

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