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Frequency Distribution and Frequent Flier Miles

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For the following questions, would you collect information using a sample or a population? |

(a) | To calculate the percentage of car owners in New York City | | | | Population |

(b) | To know how many different private airlines provide service in the United States | | | | Sample |

(c) | To estimate weekly earnings of computer programmers in United States | | | | Sample |

(d) | To find the marks of a class of 20 students in a physics exam | | | | Population | eBook Link

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From the data in the Statistical Abstract of United States represented below with details, choose the kind of scale that can be …show more content…

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The states of Connecticut and Massachusetts were ranked 1 and 2 in the survey of individual income in 2004. | | Nominal | | Ratio | | Interval | | Ordinal | eBook Link

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Two thousand one hundred and forty frequent business travelers are asked which midwestern city they prefer: Indianapolis, Saint Louis, Chicago, or Milwaukee. 180 liked Indianapolis best, 460 liked Saint Louis, 1240 liked Chicago, and the remainder preferred Milwaukee. Develop a frequency table and a relative frequency table to summarize this information. (Round relative frequency to 3 decimal places.) | City | Frequency | Relative Frequency | Indianapolis | 180 | 0.090 | St. Louis | 460 | 0.230 | Chicago | 1,240 | 0.620 | Milwaukee | 120 | 0.060 | |

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Molly's Candle Shop has several retail stores in the coastal areas of North and South Carolina. Many of Molly's customers ask her to ship their purchases. The following chart shows the number of packages shipped per day for the last 100 days. |

(a) | What is this chart called? | | | | Histogram |

(b) | What is the total number of frequencies? | | | | 90 |

(c) | What is the class interval? | | | | 5 |

(d) | What is the class frequency for the 0 to 5 class? | | | | 5 |

(e) | What is the relative frequency of the 0 up to 5 class? (Round your

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