In: Statistics and Probability
(I)Age |
(II)Physician Visits in the Past Year |
(III)Monthly Income |
(IV)Case Contacts in Past Year |
(V)Gender |
74 |
8 |
$2,347 |
10 |
M |
81 |
7 |
2,434 |
8 |
M |
83 |
11 |
1,636 |
13 |
F |
77 |
4 |
1,963 |
7 |
M |
76 |
5 |
2,358 |
6 |
F |
79 |
13 |
1,968 |
15 |
F |
79 |
7 |
2,683 |
6 |
M |
3. Suppose you are a caseworker for Eldergarden, an agency that provides social services to the elderly. You are assigned to provide some descriptive statistics for the agency's caseload for the month.
a. Compute the mean, median, and modal age (column I of the table).
b. Compute the range of ages and use it to estimate the standard
deviation.
c. Compute the standard deviation of ages using both the direct
and
shortcut methods.
d. Compare the answers to parts (b) and (c) and comment
***Do (a) through (d) of exercise 3 for case contacts in Past year (column IV of the table). (this is the question)***