Treat the data obtained in the Sullivan Statistics Survey as a simple random sample of adult Americans.

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Treat the data obtained in the Sullivan Statistics Survey as a simple random sample of adult Americans. One question asked in the survey was “If you own a cell phone, what was your cell phone bill last month? Express answers to the penny.” Retrieve the results of this question.
(a) Draw a histogram of the data and comment on the shape.
(b) Draw a boxplot of the data.Are there any outliers?
(c) Based on the results to parts (a) and (b),explain why a large sample size might be desirable to construct a confidence interval for the mean monthly cell phone bill.
(d) Use statistical software to determine the point estimate of the mean monthly cell phone bill.
(e) Use statistical software to construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean monthly cell phone bill.
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Fundamentals Of Statistics

ISBN: 9780321844606

4th Edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan III

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