Chapter 11: Data Descript tion and Probability Distributions

For additional help on all aspects of t the TI-83 or TI-84 graphing calculator, go to http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/es sm/app/graphing/ti83/ al functions and graphing capabilities. The TI-84 has many built-in statistica Section 11-1 Graphing Data ms with a Graphing Utility (page 510) Example 2: Constructing Histogram You can clear any data previously en ntered in a list by pressing STAT 4:ClrList and the en enter the names of the lists. You can enter the list names by pressing 2nd STAT NAMES.

Now enter the data into list L1. Press s STAT 1:Edit. Now turn on the STAT PLOTS by y pressing nd 2 Y= and press ENTER.

Set the window and turn on the grid b by going to FORMAT. Press GRAPH to display the t histogram.

To determine the frequency of each interval, use the TRACE key.

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d Freight Exercise 11.1.9 (page 513) Railroad There are several types of graphs that t can be produced in the STAT PLOT menu. The directions for this problem are to produce a brok ken-line graph. For the first year, 1940, set X=0, and a then in increments of 10 in L1. The car loadi ings are then put in L2. In the STAT PLOT, select the line graph.

Tendency Section 11-2 Measures of Central T Example 1: Find the Mean (page 517). Find the mean for the sample measurements 3,5,1,8,6,5,4, and 6. Enter the data into L1. Press STAT a and go to the CALC menu. Select 1: 1-Var Stats, and a then select L1. Press ENTER. The statistic cs for L1 are displayed. The average is shown as 4.75. 4

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Chapter 11 Data Description and Pro obability Distributions Example 2: Finding the Mean for G Grouped Data (page 518). Find the mean for the data shown in the table. Put the midpoint of each class interva al in L1 and put the frequency in L2. Now select STAT, S CALC, 1-Var Stats and then enter L1 1 as the list of data, and L2 as the frequency list. Press P ENTER and read the average to be 57 79.

age 519). Find the median salary by entering the salaries s in Example 3: Finding the Median (pa L1. n as shown. Scroll down to locate the median of th he list. This can be done on the home screen

Example 5: Finding Mode, Median n, and Mean (page 521). Enter the data in L1. Yo ou can find the mean and median by going to the e catalog and entering mean(L1) and median(L1). To find the mode construct a histogram. The mode is found in the histogram b by noting the tallest block on the histogram.

on Section 11-3 Measures of Dispersio Example 1: Finding the Standard D Deviation (page 527). Find the standard deviation n for the sample measurements 1, 3, 5, 4, 3.

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Chapter 11 Data Description and Pro obability Distributions Put the numbers in L1. Go the STAT T menu and select 1: 1-Var Stats. The sample stand dard deviation of x is listed as Sx. We can n see the value Sx=1.48. The population standard deviation, d x , is also shown if the sample is co onsidered to be the entire population.

Example 2: Finding the Standard D Deviation for Grouped Data (page 528). (A) Fin nd the standard deviation for the grouped sa ample data shown in the histogram. There is no list of data given, so you will read the midpoint of each group and place th hat value in for each group in L2. You will calculate using 1-Var Stats. L1. Then you will put the frequency f

You can then take note of any of the statistics that you want. In this case, we are findin ng the standard deviation of 1.15.

Section 11-4 Bernoulli Trials and B Binomial Distributions Example 5: Constructing Tables an nd Histograms for Binomial Distributions (pag ge 535). Expand the problem to 100 repetition ns and use the graphing calculator to generate the data. Press MATH and scroll over to the P PRB (probability) menu. Select 7: randBin (random m binomial). The probability of rolling a number divisible by 3 is 1/3. The numbers are entered e 51
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Chapter 11 Data Description and Pro obability Distributions (3,1/3,100) which means that the die is thrown three times, the probability of success each e time is 1/3, and the experiment is to be rep peated 100 times. The results are stored in L1. To graph the histogram, press 2nd Y= which is the STAT PLOT menu.

Turn Plot1 on, and select the histogra am. Set the window. Create the histogram. Use TR RACE to see the number of occurrences.

Section 11-5 Normal Distributions A graphing calculator will generate random numbers from the normal distribution. Example 1: Finding Probabilities fo for a Normal Distribution (page 543). Use a grap phing calculator to generate 100 random nu umbers from the normal distribution. The entries are a e stats for the list using the STAT menu. ( , , # trials ) . You can calculate the

Now create a histogram to determine e the empirical probability. Set the Xscl to 40 so th hat the histogram has the proper grouping. U Use TRACE to find the values.

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The frequencies found on the histogram are 17, 19, and 13. So the probability that a lig ght bulb will last between 380 and 500 hours i is found to be .49.

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