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Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.3: Measures Of Spread

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One type of cookie manufactured by Haddad Food Company is Cocoa Cookies. The machine that fills packages of these cookies is set up in such a way that the average net weight of these packages is 32 ounces with a variance of .015 square ounce. From time to time the quality con- trol inspector at the company selects a sample of a few such packages, calculates the variance of the net weights of these packages, and makes a test of hypothesis about the population vari- ance. She always uses .01. The acceptable value of the population variance is .015 square ounce or less. If the conclusion from the test of hypothesis is that the population variance is not within the acceptable limit, the machine is stopped and adjusted. A recently taken random sam- ple of 25 packages from the production line gave a sample variance of .029 square ounce. Based on this sample information, do you think the machine needs an adjustment? Assume that the net weights of cookies in all packages are normally distributed.

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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