Question

Sunshine City was designed to attract retired people. Its current population of 75,000 residents has a mean age of 63 years and a standard deviation of 17 years. The distribution of ages is skewed to the left. A random sample of 250 residents of the city had a mean of 61.4 and a standard deviation of 19. Show work for any necessary calculations. (6 pts) a) Identify the variable of interest. b) Describe the center and spread of the population of Sunshine City. c) Describe the center and spread of the random sample of Sunshine City residents taken. What shape does it probably have

Answer 1

a) Identify the variable of interest.

Ages of the residents

b) Describe the center and spread of the population of Sunshine City.

Center of the population of Sunshine city = 63 years

Spread of the Population of Sunshine city = 17 years

c) Describe the center and spread of the random sample of Sunshine City

residents taken.

Center of the random sample of Sunshine city = 61.4 years

Spread of the random sample of Sunshine city = 19 years

What shape does it probably have:

It has a skewed(left) shape

Explanation:

a) Identify the variable of interest.

Ages of the residents

The center of a distribution tells us about the Mean or Median of the distribution

The spread of a distribution tells us about the standard deviation of the population

b) Describe the center and spread of the population of Sunshine City.

Center of the population of Sunshine city = Mean of the population of Sunshine city = 63 years

Spread of the Population of Sunshine city = Standard Deviation of the population = 17 years

c) Describe the center and spread of the random sample of Sunshine City

residents taken.

Center of the random sample of Sunshine city = 61.4 years

Spread of the random sample of Sunshine city = 19 years

What shape does it probably have:

It has a skewed(left) shape

This is because the mean is farther out to the left side of the tail of the distribution.