Chapter 2 ' Describing Data: Frequency Distribution and Graphic Presentation
Homework pg. 53, #Learn the Software Commands
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2. In a marketing study, 100 consumers were asked to select the best digital music player from the iPod, the iRiver, and the Magic Star MP3. To summarize the consumer responses with a frequency table, how many classes would the frequency table have?
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4. Two thousand frequent Midwestern business travelers are asked which Midwest city they prefer: Indianapolis, Saint Louis, Chicago, or Milwaukee. The results were 100 liked Indianapolis best, 450, liked Saint Louis, 1300 liked Chicago, and the remainder preferred Milwaukee. Develop a frequency table and a relative frequency table to summarize this information.
|City |Preferred Frequency |Relative Frequency |
|Indianapolis |100 |0.050 |
|Saint Louis |450 |0.225 |
|Chicago |1,300 |0.650 |
|Milwaukee |150 |0.075 |
|Total |2,000 |1.000 |
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5. Wellstone, Inc., produces and markets replacement covers for cell phones in a variety of colors. The company would like to allocate its production plans to five different colors: bright white, metallic black, magnetic lime, tangerine orange, and fusion red. The company set up a kiosk in the Mall of America...