Homework 2

The following problems are to be turned in:

Section 2.1 (pages 56-58) #15-20 (a), (b), (c) and (e). For your frequency table, just make sure to include the class limits, class boundaries, frequencies and class marks (midpoints).

Section 3.1 (pages 96-99): #8, 9, 18, 19

Look at the following graph of income distribution in 2014: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2015/demo/distribution-of-household-income–2014.html Describe the shape of the income distribution (symmetric, skewed left, skewed right, uniform, bimodal). Do you expect the mean household income to be greater than the median household income? Do you expect the mean household income to be greater than the mode of this data? (Make sure you explain your answer.)

The following problems are optional:

Section 3.1 (pages 96-99): #5-13, 16-17, 20-22