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You‟ll immediately notice that a salary of $24,000 is shown as be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the 22.2-percentile,<br />

which does not agree with our calculation. Every software package uses some technique to<br />

conduct this calculation. A common agreement <strong>for</strong> calculation purposes does not exist.<br />

Fortunately, they both are <strong>in</strong> the same “ballpark.”<br />

Homework Problems - 2.3<br />

1. Suppose your <strong>in</strong>structor releases scores on a recent project. The scores are as follows:<br />

83 89 76 41 92 85 76 71<br />

95 92 80 84 77 78 81 75<br />

64 30 80 79 78 70 75 81<br />

99 85 80 82 70 69 71 70<br />

a. Generate a relative frequency histogram and comment on any <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g<br />

observations of the distribution.<br />

b. Compare the mean and median. What causes them to be different <strong>in</strong> this particular<br />

way<br />

c. What score would be required <strong>in</strong> order to be <strong>in</strong> the 80 th percentile<br />

d. In what percentile is a person who scores 71% on this project<br />

2. In order to make way <strong>for</strong> new products, a grocery store cha<strong>in</strong> would like to determ<strong>in</strong>e<br />

whether the Lunch Pack or Family Pack of Flaxem Crackers generate more revenue. The<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g two datasets show the revenue generated by each over a 10-month period:<br />

Lunch<br />

Family<br />

450 510 550 330 400<br />

500 550 290 310 300<br />

500 400 600 310 350<br />

600 200 200 600 430<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 65

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