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Summary Statistics in Stat 2 Lab

The document outlines a lab exercise focused on calculating summary statistics such as average, median, and standard deviation (SD) from a list of numbers. It includes practical questions about the effects of adding a new painting on average and median values, as well as comparing datasets based on their SD. Additionally, it involves matching histograms with their respective statistical descriptions.

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Summary Statistics in Stat 2 Lab

The document outlines a lab exercise focused on calculating summary statistics such as average, median, and standard deviation (SD) from a list of numbers. It includes practical questions about the effects of adding a new painting on average and median values, as well as comparing datasets based on their SD. Additionally, it involves matching histograms with their respective statistical descriptions.

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Stat 2 Lab #3: Summary Statistics

Learning objectives:
• Understand and calculate average, median and SD of a list of numbers
• Reason about the relationship between average and median for a histogram

1. (a) For the list 41, 48, 50, 50, 54, 57, calculate:

Average:
41 + 48 + 50 + 50 + 54 + 57
=
50
6

Median:

Mechan = 50

SD:

v =
- =
5

(b) Which numbers in the list are within 0.5 SDs of the average?

Only
(501051
48
2. An art collector had 6 paintings and then bought a new painting for $100,000.
(Left dots: original six paintings; new painting: rightmost dot)

How will buying the new painting affect the average and median? Circle one.

(a) Both the average and median will decrease, but the average will decrease by more
than the median
(b) Both the average and median will decrease, but the median will decrease by more
than the average.
(c) Both the average and median will increase, but the average will increase by more
than the median.
(d) Both the average and median will increase, but the median will increase by more
than the average.
3. Consider the three datasets shown in the dot plots below. Each one contains 10
numbers. Which has the biggest SD? Which has the smallest? (Hint: To understand the
intuition behind this problem, don’t do the full calculation of the SD, just think about the
deviations and how they compare between the different pictures.)

>
-

Largest

>
- Smallest
35
Morz

>
-

atsat

79
4. Below are sketches of histogram for three lists.

Arg =
60
Aug =
50
Arg =
40
(a) In scrambled order, the averages are 40, 50, 60. Which one is which?

(b) Match the histogram with the description:

the median is less than the average 999

the median is about equal to the average ·

the median is bigger than the average 2

(c) Is the SD of the histogram of (iii) around 5, 15, or 50? (Hint: Think about the rule of
thumb for SDs.)

15

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