Use the following data set to answer the problems 1 What pop

Use the following data set to answer the problems.

1. What population (or populations) is (are) sampled?

2. What value is expected of the sampled data?

3. What value is expected in general?

4. What assumptions did you have to make to answer the last question?

5. What are high values?

     What are the low values?

     Why, including your basis of comparison?

6. Would the mean you computed be considered a “high” value or a “low” value? Why, including your basis of comparison?

7. Is the data skewed or not? If it is, which way? Why?

There is a popular comedy show called the Big Bang Theory. Below is a chart of a particular season\'s viewership Air Date Viewers in millions |Air Date Viewers in millions September 22, 2011 14.1 September 22, 2011 14.7 September 29, 2011 14.6 October 6, 2011 December 8, 2011 14.0 January 12, 201216.1 January 19, 201215.8 January 26, 201216.1 February 2, 201216.5 February 9, 201216.2 February 16, 2012 15.7 February 23, 2012 |16.2 March 8, 2012 March 29, 2012 14 April 5, 2012 13.6 October 13, 2011 13.6 October 20, 2011 14.9 October 27, 2011 14.5 November 3, 2011 16.0 November 10, 2011 15.9 15.0 November 17, 2011 15.1 14.0 13.3

Solution

1.The population of viewers I million has been sampled.

2.The mean is:

(14.1+…+13.3)/21=28.71

3.The high values are 16.5 and the low value is 13.3.

7.Yes, the data is skewed.