Purchase Solution

Analysis of Customer's Incomes

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

You are interested in the incomes of your corporate customers. A sample of your customer's incomes yields the following distribution of incomes: $100,000, $200,000, $200,000, $300,000, $300,000, $300,000, $400,000, $400,000, and $500,000.

1) What is the appropriate measure of central tendency and why?

2) What is the appropriate measure of central tendency if in addition to the above scores, you obtained salaries of $500,000 and $600,000 and why?

3) What measurement of central tendency is most appropriate if you want to measure gender and why?

4) What measure of central tendency is most sensitive to skewness and which is least sensitive?

5) What is the difference between the variance and standard deviation of a distribution?

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

This solution provides an analysis of customer's incomes.

Solution Preview

Central Tendency
You are interested in the incomes of your corporate customers. A sample of your customer's incomes yields the following distribution of incomes: $100,000, $200,000, $200,000, $300,000, $300,000, $300,000, $400,000, $400,000, and $500,000.

1) What is the appropriate ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Terms and Definitions for Statistics

This quiz covers basic terms and definitions of statistics.

Measures of Central Tendency

This quiz evaluates the students understanding of the measures of central tendency seen in statistics. This quiz is specifically designed to incorporate the measures of central tendency as they relate to psychological research.

Know Your Statistical Concepts

Each question is a choice-summary multiple choice question that presents you with a statistical concept and then 4 numbered statements. You must decide which (if any) of the numbered statements is/are true as they relate to the statistical concept.

Measures of Central Tendency

Tests knowledge of the three main measures of central tendency, including some simple calculation questions.