Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Practice problems for homework 2

Find the following statistics following set of data. Round all answers to two place after the decimal, except the proportions, which are given on the table to four places after the decimal

z(x) = (x - x-bar)/sx

17.41, 18.22, 19.17, 17.87, 18.15, 17.86, 18.12, 17.97, 18.46, 18.14

x-bar = ______

sx = _______

z(high) = _____ Proportion associated = ______

z(low) = _____ Proportion associated = _______

For the following movie studios, find the average opening weekend for the movies that were in the total opening weekend receipts for the same films. Round the answers to the nearest million dollars.

Average opening weekend for Fox: _________

Total opening weekend for Fox: ___________


Average opening weekend for WB: _________

Total opening weekend for WB: ___________


Average opening weekend for BV: _________

Total opening weekend for BV: ___________


Answers in the comments.

1 comment:

  1. x-bar = 18.14

    s_x = 0.46

    19.17 is high
    z(high) = 2.26
    Proportion associated = .9881

    17.41 is low
    z(low) = -1.59
    Proportion associated = .0559

    For the following movie studios, find the average opening weekend for the movies that were in the total opening weekend receipts for the same films. Round the answers to the nearest million dollars.

    Average opening weekend for Fox:
    $55 million

    Total opening weekend for Fox:
    $332 million


    Average opening weekend for WB:
    $52 million

    Total opening weekend for WB:
    $262 million


    Average opening weekend for BV:
    $44 million

    Total opening weekend for BV:
    $132 million

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