MATH225
Week 5 Lab Assignment
Name: Cassandra Chain Instructor Name: Lynn Vasquez
Please use this template to help answer the questions listed in the lab instructions. The
“steps” below refer to the steps listed in the lab instructions. Type your answers and
post your screenshots in the spaces given below. Then, save this document with your
name and submit it inside the course room.
Step 1. Gather Data
Your instructors will post 10 data values to use for this lab. The data values represent
the HEIGHTS of 10 people from the same population in which you gathered your
sample.
Please reach out to your instructor if you did not receive the assigned 10 data values for
the term by Monday of Week 5.
(NOTE: This is NOT the data used in the lab video, which is about midterm grades. Do
not use the midterm grades data.)
1a. Gather 10 MORE of your own to add to the 10 provided by your instructor. Do the
following: Survey or measure 10 people to find their heights. For the remainder of this
lab, treat the 20 numbers as ONE sample.
Instructo 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 69 73
r
Provided
Heights
Gathered 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 67 67 68
Heights
Determine the mean and standard deviation for the 20 values by using the Week
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, 3 Excel spreadsheet. (Round statistics to two decimals.)
Mean Height in Inches 65.45 inches
Sample Standard Deviation in 2.99 inches
inches
Your Height in Inches 67 inches
1b. Post a screen shot in the space BELOW of the portion of the Week 3 spreadsheet
that helped you determine these values. Please list the 10 heights your professor
provided first followed by the 10 heights you collected. There should be 20 values to
determine the mean and sample standard deviation.
1c. Answer the following two questions (Answer in complete sentences).
How does your height compare to the mean (average) height of the 20 values? Is your
height taller, shorter, or the same as the mean of the sample?
The mean height of the 20 values is 65.45 inches. My height is 67 inches. I am taller than
the mean of the sample.
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Week 5 Lab Assignment
Name: Cassandra Chain Instructor Name: Lynn Vasquez
Please use this template to help answer the questions listed in the lab instructions. The
“steps” below refer to the steps listed in the lab instructions. Type your answers and
post your screenshots in the spaces given below. Then, save this document with your
name and submit it inside the course room.
Step 1. Gather Data
Your instructors will post 10 data values to use for this lab. The data values represent
the HEIGHTS of 10 people from the same population in which you gathered your
sample.
Please reach out to your instructor if you did not receive the assigned 10 data values for
the term by Monday of Week 5.
(NOTE: This is NOT the data used in the lab video, which is about midterm grades. Do
not use the midterm grades data.)
1a. Gather 10 MORE of your own to add to the 10 provided by your instructor. Do the
following: Survey or measure 10 people to find their heights. For the remainder of this
lab, treat the 20 numbers as ONE sample.
Instructo 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 69 73
r
Provided
Heights
Gathered 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 67 67 68
Heights
Determine the mean and standard deviation for the 20 values by using the Week
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, 3 Excel spreadsheet. (Round statistics to two decimals.)
Mean Height in Inches 65.45 inches
Sample Standard Deviation in 2.99 inches
inches
Your Height in Inches 67 inches
1b. Post a screen shot in the space BELOW of the portion of the Week 3 spreadsheet
that helped you determine these values. Please list the 10 heights your professor
provided first followed by the 10 heights you collected. There should be 20 values to
determine the mean and sample standard deviation.
1c. Answer the following two questions (Answer in complete sentences).
How does your height compare to the mean (average) height of the 20 values? Is your
height taller, shorter, or the same as the mean of the sample?
The mean height of the 20 values is 65.45 inches. My height is 67 inches. I am taller than
the mean of the sample.
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