Statistics Questions

Multiple choice
  1. $18$
  2. $12$
  3. $19$
  4. $20$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The sum of the first 8 observations is 8 * 18 = 144, and the sum of the last 8 observations is 8 * 20 = 160. The sum of all 15 observations is 15 * 19 = 285. The 8th observation is counted twice in the sum of the first and last 8, so it is equal to 144 + 160 - 285 = 19.

Multiple choice
  1. $\sum_{i=1}^{n}n_i\bar{x_i}$
  2. $\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}n_i\bar{x_i}}{n^2}$
  3. $\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}n_i\bar{x_i}}{\sum_{i=1}^{n}n_{i}}$
  4. $\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}n_i\bar{x_i}}{2n}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The combined mean is the sum of all observations divided by the total number of observations. The sum of observations in group i is n_i * mean_i. Total sum = sum(n_i * mean_i). Total count = sum(n_i).