Sample Birthweights (g) of live-born infants born at a private hospital in San Diego, California, during a 1-

week period

X X X X
1 3265 6 3323 11 2581 16 2759
2 3260 7 3649 12 2841 17 3248
3 3245 8 3200 13 3609 18 3314
4 3484 9 3031 14 2838 19 3101
5 4146 10 2069 15 3541 20 2834

1. What is the arithmetic mean (average)for the sample birthweights above?

Answer: I added all the data and divided it with the total respondents which is 20.

x = X/N
x = 63, 338/20
x = 3166.9
2. Find the median for the values 1-15; and values 10-20, separately.
Answer: The data 1-15 has been arranged from lowest to highest. The data is an odd
data so the median is the middle number which is 3260.

1 2069
2 2581
3 2838
4 2841
5 3031
6 3200
7 3245
8 3260
9 3265
10 3323
11 3484
12 3541
13 3609
14 3649
15 4146

The data 10-20 has been arranged from lowest to highest. The data is an odd data so the
median is the middle number which is 2841.
 10 2069
11 2581
12 2759
13 2834
14 2838
15 2841
16 3101
17 3248
18 3314
19 3541
20 3609

3. Compute the variance (S2) and the standard deviation (S) for the given data set.

X
1 2069
2 2581
3 2759
4 2834
5 2838
6 2841
7 3031
8 3101
9 3200
10 3245
11 3248
12 3260
13 3265
14 3314
15 3323
16 3484
17 3541
18 3609
19 3649
20 4146

Variance

S2 = (X1 - x)2
n1
Standard Deviation
S = (X1 - x)2
n1

X1 x
1 2069
2 2581
3 2759
4 2834
5 2838
6 2841
7 3031
8 3101
9 3200
10 3245
11 3248
12 3260
13 3265
14 3314
15 3323
16 3484
17 3541
18 3609
19 3649
20 4146