Determine the estimated mean of the frequency distribution


Discuss the following problems:

Q1.Determine the estimated mean of the following frequency distribution.

Class Frequency
0 up to 5 2
5 up to 10 7
10 up to 15 12
15 up to 20 6
20 up to 25 3

Q2. Each person who applies for an assembly job at Carolina Furniture, Inc. is given a mechanical aptitude test. One part of the test involves assembling a dresser based on numbered instructions. A sample of the lengths of time it took 42 persons to assemble the dresser was organized into the following frequency distribution.

Length of Time

(minutes) Frequency
2 up to 4 4
4 up to 6 8
6 up to 8 14
8 up to 10 9
10 up to 12 5

12 up to 14 2

Compute the range, the standard deviation, and the variance.

Q3. Listed below are the commissions earned ($000) last year by the sales representatives at the Furniture Patch.

$ 3.9 $ 5.7 $ 7.3 $10.6 $13.0 $13.6 $15.1 $15.8 $17.1
17.4 17.6 22.3 38.6 43.2 87.7

a. Determine the mean, median, and the standard deviation.

b. Determine the coefficient of skewness using Pearson's method.

c. Determine the coefficient of skewness using the software method.

Q4. A telephone number consists of seven digits, the first three representing the exchange. How many different telephone numbers are possible within the 537 exchange?

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