The May 1, 2009, issue of The Montclarian reported the following home sale amounts for a sample
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The May 1, 2009, issue of The Montclarian reported the following home sale amounts for a sample of homes in Alameda, CA that were sold the previous month (1000s of $):
590 815 575 608 350 1285 408 540 555 679
a. Calculate and interpret the sample mean and median.
b. Suppose the 6th observation had been 985 rather than 1285. How would the mean and median change?
c. Calculate a 20% trimmed mean by first trimming the two smallest and two largest observations.
d. Calculate a 15% trimmed mean.
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Probability And Statistics For Engineering And The Sciences
ISBN: 9781305251809
9th Edition
Authors: Jay L. Devore
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