In: Statistics and Probability
1. The following data set represents the amount spent (in dollars) by 45 shoppers at a supermarket. Construct a frequency distribution for the variable, and also report the relative frequencies for each class in your frequency distribution. NOTE: the data is in dollars and cents; you can not change that data!
10.81, 12.69, 13.78, 15.23, 15.62, 17.00, 17.39, 18.36, 18.43, 19.27, 19.50,19.54,
20.16, 20.59, 22.22, 23.04, 24.47, 24.58, 25.13, 26.24, 26.26, 27.65, 28.06, 28.08,
28.38, 32.03, 33.58, 34.98, 36.37, 37.44, 38.64, 39.16, 41.02, 42.97, 44.08, 45.40,
48.65, 50.39, 52.75, 54.80, 59.07, 61.22, 62.32, 63.70, 66.76
2. A frequency Distribution is a universal descriptive tool. Briefly describe what it is that we are trying to describe about the variable.