Chapter 3 Project

Mean
o 2.24
median
o 2
Mode
o 1
Range
o 7
5% trimmed mean
o 2.12
10% trimmed mean
o 2.08
Variance
o 3.20
Standard deviation
o 1.79
Coefficient of variation
o 79.9%
Lies within 75% of mean
o Lower: -1.34
o Upper: 5.82
Lies within 88.9% of mean
o Lower: -3.13
o Upper: 7.61
Min
o 0
Q1
o 1
Med
o 2
Q3

o 3.5
Max
o 7
IQR
o 2.5
Outliers
o No Outliers
In the data set that Alicia and I have present at the top
we analyze the averages and variations of the number of
pets our classmates have. We choose to just find the
number of pets people have in our class have and not any
other class to have a data set of 49. From each number we
calculated above we were able to find out different
information from it and make different conclusions.
Mean
o We were able to calculate the mean by adding all our
data numbers together and dividing it by 49 wich is the
number of our data set.
0(7) + 1(14) + 2(10) + 3(6) + 4(6) + 5(3) + 6 (2) +
7(1) = 110
110/49 = 2.24
o What we can learn from the mean of our data is that we
have a lot of small numbers in our data set, therefore,
mean is small. We can also conclude that most our
classmates averages about 2 pets per person.
Median
o We were able to calculate out Median by organizing our
data from least to greatest, then finding the number that
was located in the center of our data.

 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
Median = 2
o What we can see is that our mean and median are
closely related, which means that the average number
of pets that people have in our class is very closely
related with 2. We can also conclude that most people
in our class have a lower number of pets that can be
found in their household.
Mode
o We were able to find the mode by finding the number
that occurs most often.
0(7), 1(14), 2(10), 3(6), 4(6), 5(3), 6 (2), 7(1)
Mode= 1
o What we can tell from our mode is that most frequently
people in our class only have 1 pet which is one
number different from our class average which is about
2 pets per person.
Range
o We were able to find the rang by taking the biggest
number minus the smallest number.
7-0=7
Range= 7
o What we were able to find out through the range is how
far apart our min and max are. What we can conclude
from this information is that our minimum is 7 numbers
away from the maximum number of pets that someone
has in our class, which also allows us to see that our
data is closely related.
5% trimmed mean

o We were able to find the 5% trim by finding 5% of 49

then by calculating our new mean after the trim.
49 * .05 = 2.45 which would round up to 3
0(7) + 1(14) + 2(10) + 3(6) + 4(6) + 5(3) + 6
(2) + 7(1)
0(4) + 1(14) + 2(10) + 3(6) + 4(6) + 5(3) = 91
91/43= 2.12
5% trimmed mean = 2.11
o What we can conclude from this information is that the
mean is now more accurate due any possible extremes
being cut off. We can also conclude that the average
amount of pets per person in our class is 2.
10% trimmed mean
o We were able to find the 10% trim by finding 10% of 49
then by calculating our new mean after the trim.
49 * .10 = 4.90 which would round up to 5
0(7) + 1(14) + 2(10) + 3(6) + 4(6) + 5(3)
+ 6 (2) + 7(1)
0(2) + 1(14) + 2(10) + 3(6) + 4(6) + 5(1)
= 81
81/39= 2.08
10% trimmed mean = 2.08
o What we can conclude from the 10% trimmed mean is
that the mean is now more accurate than the 5%
trimmed mean due to even more possible extremes
being cut off. However, we can also still make the same
conclude that the average amount of pets per person in
our class is still 2.
Standard deviation
o We were able to find the Standard deviation by taking
the mean subtracting it from each number in our data

set then squaring them then dividing them by the

number of numbers in our data set which is 49
(0-2.24)^2 = 5.01.... and so on until we got our
number then we divided it by 49
Standard Deviation or = 1.79
o What we can conclude from the Standard Deviation is
how far the data is spread out from each other. This
tells us that the numbers of pets people have in our
class are about 1.79 apart.
Variance
o We were able to find the variance by squared the
standard deviation.
1.792= 3.20
Variance = 3.2
o What the variance tells us about our data is how far our
data if from our mean. The number of pets people have
in our class is about 3.2 away from the mean, which
also tells us how far the numbers of pets people have
are from the mean.
Coefficient of Variation
o In order to find the coefficient of variation we took the
standard deviation and divided it by the mean and times
it by 100.
1.79/2.24 = .799*100 = 79.9%
Coefficient of Variation= 79.9%
o What the coefficient of variation tells us about our data
is the ratio of standard deviation from the mean. What it
tells us about our data is how far it is way from our
mean.
Lies within 75% of mean
o In order to find the Lies within 75% of mean we used
mu-20 to mu+20

 to find what lies within 75% of the mean we had to

do the interval form mu-20 to mu+20, which was a
lower of -1.34 and an upper of 5.82
o What this information tells us about our mean is what
percent of the data lies within 75% of the mean. What
we can conclude from this is that since we have a small
data set we get a negative number for the lower half of
the data set but a more accurate number for the upper
half.
outliers within 88.9% of mean
o In order to find the outliers within 88.9% of mean we
used mu-30 to mu+30
to find what lies within 88.9% of the mean we had
to do the interval form mu-30 to mu+30, which was
a lower of -3.13 and an upper of 7.61
o What this information tells us about our mean is what
percent of the data lies within 88.9% of the mean. What
we can conclude from this is that it is more accurate
than the 75% of the mean because it is a higher
number which gives us a more accurate result to how
close our data set is to the mean.
Min.
o In order to find the min in our data set we found the
lowest number of pets people had in our class.
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
o What this tells us about our data set is that there are
people without pets in our class. It also tells us that
what the lowest number in our data set is and if we
compare it to our mean we can find out that the

average of pets people in our class may not apply to

everyone.
Q1
o We found the Q1 by first finding the median then by
finding the median in the lower half of the data.
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2
Q1= 1
o What we can tell from the Q1 is where most of the
higher values in the data set lie within our data set,
which is either between the lower half of the data or the
higher half of the data. You can tell where most of the
higher values data lie when putting the Q1 into a box
and whisker plot along with Q3, which shows use that
most of the higher data lies in the upper half.
Q3
o We found the Q1 by first finding the median then by
finding the median in the upper half of the data.
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
Q3= 3.5
o What we can tell from the Q3 is that the average
amount of pets the people in our class have in the
upper half of the data is about 1.5 times greater that the
normal median. Q3 also tells us that is more than 3
times greater than Q1, meaning their are a greater
number of pets in the higher data set.
Max

o In order to find the max in our data set we found the

highest number of pets people had in our class.
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
o What this tells us about our data set is the highest
number of pets someone has in our class. It also tells
us that what the highest number in our data set is and if
we compare it to our mean we can find out that the
average of pets people in our class is fax away from the
maximum amount of pets allowing us to conclude that
the lower half of the data is dominating over the higher
half.
IQR
o In order to find IQR we took Q1 minus Q3.
3.5-1 = 2.5
o What IQR tells us about our data set is how far the
lower and upper median are away from each other. It
also helps us give us an estimate of where the the
middle of the data can be found in our data set.
Outlier
o In order to find the outliers we took the IQR and times it
by 1.5 and added the Q3 and minused the Q1.
1.5 * 2.5 = 3.75
3.75 + 3.5 = 7.25
1 - 3.5 = -2.5
o What we found out from the out outliers is that since our
data number are so closely related we actually dont
have any outliers or huge numbers that would majorly
affect our data.
Box and Whisker plot
o What we can conclude from our box and whisker plot is
that most of our data is in the upper half of our data set

and that Q3 is farther away from the median then Q1 is.

However, our lower half of the data set is much smaller
than the upper half allowing Q1 to be closer to the
mean. This allows us to conclude that the upper half of
the data set has a lot more higher numbers than the
lower half of the data set.