Chapter 24 Business Statistics 511
Assignment 24.1: Statistical Averages
Name
Date Score
A (52 points) Solve the following problems. (points for correct answers as marked)
1.
A department store has three local locations: Mason Plaza, Corbin Center, and Balbo Mall. The store gives
every applicant for any type of managerial job a test of basic business skills. Listed here are the scores from
the tests given to applicants at the three locations last week.
Mason Corbin Balbo
Plaza Center Mall
59 89 64
88 60 44
62 89 53
47 55 77
68 46 58
88 74 43
78 64 77
59 89 82
45 1
46 66
88 1
62
187
a. Find the mean, median, and mode for each location. (3 points for each correct answer)
Mason Corbin Balbo
Mean
Median
Mode
778988
636468
62.66869.9
626612769Sum
626612769
1
Learning Objectives
2 3 4
Mason Plaza mean
Corbin Center mean
Balbo Mall mean
Balbo Mall median 5
64 1 62
2
5
126
2
5 63
5
626
10
5 62.6
5
612
11
5 69.9
Mason Plaza: 88, 88, 88, 87, 78, 68, 62, 59, 59, 47, 45
Corbin Center: 89, 89, 89, 74, 64, 60, 55, 46, 46
Balbo Mall: 82, 77, 77, 66, 64, 62, 58, 53, 44, 43
b. Combine all the scores into one frequency
distribution with the classes as shown. (1 point
for each correct answer)
Class Tally Frequency
40 up to 50
50 up to 60
60 up to 70
70 up to 80
80 up to 90
8
IIII III
4
IIII
7
IIII II
5
IIII
6
IIII I
2. Cirano Aguilar operates a popular coffee cart from which he also sells sandwiches. He has the opportunity to
open another cart in the inner patio of a complex of office buildings, but he won’t be allowed to sell sandwiches.
Perform a statistical analysis on Cirano’s sales receipts for nonsandwich items for the first 15 work days of May
and September. (3 points for each correct answer)
May September
$430 $470 $450 $200 $320 $430
240 350 240 340 240 295
280 260 340 280 230 360
305 360 370 290 370 420
325 190 250 220 250 180
a. Find the mean for May.
b. Find the mean for September.
c. Find the median for May.
d. Find the median for September.
e. Find the combined mean for all 30 days.
(Hint: Add the two sums and divide by 30.)
$309.50
$290
$325
$295
$324
May sum 5 $4,860; May mean 5
May: 470, 450, 430, 370, 360, 350, 340, 325, 305, 280, 260, 250, 240, 240, 190
$4,860
15
5 $324