Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

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46 Chapter 2:Descriptive Statistics


Median Price of Existing Single-Family Homes
City Apr. 1992 Apr. 1994
Akron, OH $75,500 $81,600
Albuquerque, NM 86,700 103,100
Anaheim/Santa Ana, CA 235,100 209,500
Atlanta, GA 85,800 93,200
Baltimore, MD 111,500 115,700
Baton Rouge, LA 71,800 78,400
Birmingham, AL 89,500 99,500
Boston, MA 168,200 170,600
Bradenton, FL 80,400 86,400
Buffalo, NY 79,700 82,400
Charleston, SC 82,000 91,300
Chicago, IL 131,100 135,500
Cincinnati, OH 87,500 93,600
Cleveland, OH 88,100 94,200
Columbia, SC 85,100 82,900
Columbus, OH 90,300 92,800
Corpus Christi, TX 62,500 71,700
Dallas, TX 90,500 95,100
Daytona Beach, FL 63,600 66,200
Denver, CO 91,300 111,200
Des Moines, IA 71,200 77,400
Detroit, MI 77,500 84,500
El Paso, TX 65,900 73,600
Grand Rapids, MI 73,000 76,600
Hartford, CT 141,500 132,900
Honolulu, HI 342,000 355,000
Houston, TX 78,200 84,800
Indianapolis, IN 80,100 90,500
Jacksonville, FL 75,100 79,700
Kansas City, MO 76,100 84,900
Knoxville, TN 78,300 88,600
Las Vegas, NV 101,400 110,400
Los Angeles, CA 218,000 188,500
Source: National Association of Realtors: Data as of midyear 1994.

(c) Find the sample median of these median prices for 1992.
(d) Find the sample median of these median prices for 1994.
11.The following table gives the number of pedestrians, classified according to age
group and sex, killed in fatal road accidents in England in 1922.
(a) Approximate the sample means of the ages of the males.
(b) Approximate the sample means of the ages of the females.
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