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Descriptive Statistics: Practice 2

Module by: Susan Dean, Dr. Barbara Illowsky

Summary: Practice exercise for Descriptive Statistics

Student Learning Objectives

  • The student will calculate measures of the center of the data.
  • The student will calculate the spread of the data.

Given

The population parameters below describe the full-time equivalent number of students (FTES) each year at Lake Tahoe Community College from 1976-77 through 2004-2005. (Source: Graphically Speaking by Bill King, LTCC Institutional Research, December 2005).

Use these values to answer the following questions:

  • μμ = 1000 FTES
  • Median - 1014 FTES
  • σσ = 474 FTES
  • First quartile = 528.5 FTES
  • Third quartile = 1447.5 FTES
  • nn = 29 years

Calculate the Values

Exercise 1

A sample of 11 years is taken. About how many are expected to have a FTES of 1014 or above? Explain how you determined your answer.

Solution 1

6

Exercise 2

75% of all years have a FTES:

  • a. At or below:
  • b. At or above:

Solution 2

  • a. 1447.5
  • b. 528.5

Exercise 3

The population standard deviation =

Solution 3

474 FTES

Exercise 4

What percent of the FTES were from 528.5 to 1447.5? How do you know?

Solution 4

50%

Exercise 5

What is the IQRIQR? What does the IQRIQR represent?

Solution 5

919

Exercise 6

How many standard deviations away from the mean is the median?

Solution 6

0.03

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