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Luden [163]
2 years ago
10

A teacher returns an exam with possible scores ranging from 0 to 100 . The students suspect that the majority of them performed

poorly on the exam and request summary statistics. The teacher provides the mean, which was 72 , as a summary statistic. A total of 400 students took the exam. Some of the students find the mean to be high, based on talking to other students. They take a random sample of 15 students, and they find that the mean equals 71.5 while the median equals 62 . Based on this result, we conclude that:
Mathematics
1 answer:
V125BC [204]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

If the mean of 15 students is 71.5, then total score = 15 X 71.5 = 1072.5

The median score is 62, meaning that, the combined score of two students = 62 X 2 = 124

The difference of 1072.5 and 124 = 948.5, this represents the total score of 13 other students

∴ The mean score of 13 students = 948.5/13 = 73

In conclusion, it was only very few students that took the exam and majority of other students absconded from the exam. Majority of students scored averagely above 70.

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We can assume the obervations independent so then we have:

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And replacing we got:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Data given:

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\bar X = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n X_i}{n}

And for this case if we use this formula we got:

\bar x = 1.3538

Part b

For this case in order to calculate the median we need to put the data on increasing way like this:

0.86 0.88 0.88 1.07 1.09 1.17 1.29 1.31 1.46 1.49  1.59 1.62 1.65 1.71 1.76 1.83

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And the standard error would be given by:

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