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Chapter 2: Q.2.111 (page 73)

Exam Scores. The exam scores for the students in an introductory statistics class are as follows.

a. Group these exam scores, using the classes 30-39,40-49,50-59,60-69,70-79,80-89, and 90-100.

b. What are the widths of the classes?

c. If you wanted all the classes to have the same width, what classes would you use?

Short Answer

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a). The group of distribution is,

ClassFrequency30-39240-49050-59060-69370-79380-89890-1004

b). With the exception of the last class, which has a width of 10, all of the classes have a width of 9.

c). The last class need to be replaced by the two classes 99-90and 100-109.

Step by step solution

01

Part (a) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given as,

02

Part (a) Step 2: Explanation

The group distribution is,

ClassFrequency30-39240-49050-59060-69370-79380-89890-1004

03

Part (b) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given is,

04

Part (b) Step 2: Explanation

With the exception of the last class, which has a width of 10, all of the classes have a width of 9.

05

Part (c) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given as,

06

Part (c) Step 2: Explanation

The last class need to be replaced by the two classes 99-90 and 100-109.

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