1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
myrzilka [38]
3 years ago
10

Teacl Smolts are young salmon at a stage when their skin becomes covered with silvery scales and they start to migrate from fres

hwater to the sea. The reflectance of a light shined on a smolt's skin is a measure of the smolt's readiness for the migration. Here are the reflectances, in percents, for a sample of 50 smolts. 57.6 54.9 63.4 57.1 54.8 42.4 63.5 55.5 33.6 63.2 58.3 42.0 56.0 47.7 56.2 56.0 38.7 49.6 42.2 45.7 69.1 50.5 53.0 38.3 60.4 49.2 42.8 44.6 46.3 44.2 59.0 42.0 47.6 47.9 69.2 46.6 68.0 42.9 45.5 474 59.5 37.7 53.9 43.1 51.3 64.6 43.7 42.7 50.9 43.8 (a) Find the standard deviation of the reflectance for these smolts. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) (b) Find the quartiles of the reflectance for these smolts (c) Do you prefer the standard deviation or the quartiles as a measure of spread for these data? Give reasons for your preference.
Mathematics
1 answer:
erma4kov [3.2K]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

a) s = 8.81

b) Q1 = 43.4, Q2 = 49.4, Q3 = 57.35

c) See below

Step-by-step explanation:

(a) Find the standard deviation of the reflectance for these smolts. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

In order to find the standard deviation, we need the mean first. The mean is defined as

\bar x=\displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i}{n}

where the x_i are the values of the data collected and n=50 the size of the sample.

So, the mean is

\bar x=50.882

Now, the standard deviation of the sample is defined as  

s=\sqrt{\displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^n(x_i-\bar x)^2}{n-1}}

and we have that our standard deviation is

s = 8.81

(b) Find the quartiles of the reflectance for these smolts

To find the quartiles, we must sort the data from lowest to largest:  

33.6,  37.7,  38.3,  38.7,  42,  42,  42.2,  42.4,  42.7,  42.8,  42.9,  43.1,  43.7,  43.8,  44.2,  44.6,  45.5,  45.7,  46.3,  46.6,  47.4,  47.6,  47.7,  47.9,  49.2,  49.6,  50.5,  50.9,  51.3,  53,  53.9,  54.8,  54.9,  55.5,  56,  56,  56.2,  57.1,  57.6,  58.3,  59,  59.5,  60.4,  63.2,  63.4,  63.5,  64.6,  68,  69.1,  69.2

The <em>first quartile</em> is the number between the 12th and the 13th data (so 25% of the data are below it and 75% above it)

So the 1st quartile is

Q_1=\displaystyle\frac{43.1+43.7}{2}=43.4

The <em>2nd quartile is the median</em>, the point between the 25th and 26th data, it splits the data in two halves.

Q_2=\displaystyle\frac{49.2+49.6}{2}=49.4

The 3rd quartile is the point between the 38th and 39th data (so 75% of the data are below it and 25% above it)

Q_3=\displaystyle\frac{57.1+57.6}{2}=57.35

(c) Do you prefer the standard deviation or the quartiles as a measure of spread for these data? Give reasons for your preference.

In this case, we prefer the quartiles as a measure of spread since the data are very scattered around the mean and there is no a central tendency.

You might be interested in
What integer on a number line is the same distance from 0 as +4?
mash [69]
-4, because it is four units away from zero.
6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
John applied for a loan of $5,000.00 with an annual interest rate of 3% to be repaid monthly for a year. The loan terms include
PSYCHO15rus [73]

Answer:

Enter the amount of money you are investing. Start Year. Enter the year in which the money was first invested. End Year. Enter the future year on which you want to base your calculation. Annual Interest Rate. Enter the annual compound interest rate you expect to earn on the investment. The default value (2.0%) equals the rate currently paid on five-year Guaranteed Investment Certificates

Step-by-step explanation:

7 0
3 years ago
If the measure of &lt; CAB = 137 then what is &lt; CAD =
Liono4ka [1.6K]

Answer:

Any figure to this question?

Step-by-step explanation:

3 0
3 years ago
Help please I'll give brainliest and a vote!!!
fredd [130]

Answer:

Quality Plumbing charges more per hour.

In the graph, you can see that it would cost $150 for their work plus $100 per hour based on the slope of the line.

A Plus Plumbing charges $140 for their work plus $60 per hour.

7 0
3 years ago
What is the area of the rectangle?
den301095 [7]

Answer:

50\ units^{2}

Step-by-step explanation:

Plot the figure to better understand the problem

see the attached figure

we know that

If the figure is a rectangle          

then

AB=CD \\AD=BC

The area of the rectangle is equal to

A=B*h

 where  

B is the base  

h is the height  

the base B is equal to the distance AB

the height h is equal to the distance AD  

Step 1

Find the distance AB

the formula to calculate the distance between two points is equal to

d=\sqrt{(y2-y1)^{2}+(x2-x1)^{2}}

A(-5,5)\\B(0,-5)

substitute the values

d=\sqrt{(-5-5)^{2}+(0+5)^{2}}\\d=\sqrt{(-10)^{2}+(5)^{2}}\\dAB=\sqrt{125}\ units

Step 2

Find the distance AD

the formula to calculate the distance between two points is equal to

d=\sqrt{(y2-y1)^{2}+(x2-x1)^{2}}

A(-5,5)\\D(-1,7)

substitute the values

d=\sqrt{(7-5)^{2}+(-1+5)^{2}}\\d=\sqrt{(2)^{2}+(4)^{2}}\\dAD=\sqrt{20}\ units

Step 3

Find the area of the rectangle

A=AB*AD

we have

dAB=\sqrt{125}\ units\\dAD=\sqrt{20}\ units

substitute

A=\sqrt{125}*\sqrt{20}\\A=\sqrt{2,500}\\A=50\ units^{2}

7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Mike ate 1 3 of a bag of peanuts at the game, and on the way home he ate 1 3 of what was left. How much of the bag of peanuts di
    8·1 answer
  • ASAP PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE ANYONE .
    13·2 answers
  • Please please help me
    15·1 answer
  • Carpet is sold in square yards. How much carpet would a person need to buy for a rectangular room that has dimensions of 10 yard
    11·2 answers
  • What is the slope of the line passing through the points (−1, 3) and (4, −7) ?
    10·2 answers
  • How many of the numbers from the set $\{1,\ 2,\ 3,\ldots,\ 50\}$ have a perfect square factor other than one?
    11·1 answer
  • My sister has trouble once again
    12·1 answer
  • Can you figure out the answer?​
    11·2 answers
  • There are many cylinders with radius 6 meters. Let h represent the height in meters and V represent the volume in cubic meters.
    11·1 answer
  • Hello the question is in the picture ( only C)
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!