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Slides by
John
Loucks
St. Edward’s
University
tistics for
siness and Economics (13e)
on, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, Cochran
7 Cengage Learning
by John Loucks
wards University
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Statistics for Business and Economic
apter 3, Part B
scriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
Measures of Distribution Shape, Relative Location, and Detecting Outliers
ve-Number Summaries and Box Plots
Measures of Association Between Two Variables
ata Dashboards: Adding Numerical Measures to Improve Effectiveness
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easures of Distribution Shape,
lative Location, and Detecting Outliers
istribution Shape
Scores
hebyshevs Theorem
mpirical Rule
etecting Outliers
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stribution Shape: Skewness
n important numerical measure of the shape of a distribution is called
skewness.
he formula for the skewness of sample data is
kewness can be easily computed using statistical software.
Skewness = 𝑛
(𝑛−1)(𝑛 −2) σ𝑥𝑖−ҧ
𝑥
𝑠
3
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ymmetric (not skewed)
Relative Frequency
.05
.10
.15
.20
.25
.30
.35
0
Skewness = 0
•Skewness is zero.
•Mean and median are equal.
stribution Shape: Skewness
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Relative Frequency
.05
.10
.15
.20
.25
.30
.35
0
Moderately Skewed Left
Skewness = - .31
•Skewness is negative.
•Mean will usually be less than the median.
stribution Shape: Skewness
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Moderately Skewed Right
Relative Frequency
.05
.10
.15
.20
.25
.30
.35
0
Skewness = .31
Skewness is positive.
Mean will usually be more than the median.
stribution Shape: Skewness
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Highly Skewed Right
Relative Frequency
.05
.10
.15
.20
.25
.30
.35
0
Skewness = 1.25
•Skewness is positive (often above 1.0).
•Mean will usually be more than the median.
stribution Shape: Skewness
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Seventy efficiency apartments were randomly sampled in a college town. Th
monthly rent prices for the apartments are listed below in ascending order.
xample: Apartment Rents
stribution Shape: Skewness
525530 530 535 35 535 535 535 5405 540
5 5 5 5 5 540 40 40 545545 545 545 45 50 50
5 5 5 5 5 5 550 50 550 50 50 60 560 60 65 565
5 5 5 5 565 70 570 572 75 75 575 80 58 5800
580 585 590590 590 6 6 600 600 00 00 610
6 6 6 6 010 15 625 625 625 35 649 50 67067
6 6 775 75 680690 00 700 700 700 715 715
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Relative Frequency
.05
.10
.15
.20
.25
.30
.35
0
Skewness = .92
stribution Shape: Skewness
xample: Apartment Rents
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he z-score is often called the standardized value.
denotes the number of standard deviations a data value is from the mean.xi
Scores
𝑧𝑖 =𝑥 𝑖−ҧ
𝑥
𝑠
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data value less than the sample mean will have a z-score less than zero.
data value greater than the sample mean will have a z-score greater than
zero.
data value equal to the sample mean will have a z-score of zero.
n observations z-score is a measure of the relative location of the observatio
in a data set.
Scores
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•z-Score of Smallest Value (525)
xample: Apartment Rents
Standardized Values for Apartment Rents
𝑧𝑖= 𝑥𝑖−ҧ
𝑥
𝑠=525−590.80
54.74 = -1.20
20 -1.11 -1.11 -1.02 -1.02 -1.02 -1.02 -1.02 -0.93 -0.93
93 -0.93 -0.93 -0.84 -0.84 -0.84 -0.84 -0.84 -0.75 -0.75
75 -0.75 -0.75 -0.75 -0.75 -0.56 -0.56 -0.56 -0.47 -0.47
47 -0.38 -0.38 -0.34 -0.29 -0.29 -0.29 -0.20 -0.20 -0.20
20 -0.11 -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.35
35 0.44 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.81 1.06 1.08 1.45 1.45
54 1.54 1.63 1.81 1.99 1.99 1.99 1.99 2.27 2.27
Scores
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ebyshevs Theorem
t least (1 - ) of the data values must be within 1/z2 zstandard deviations of
the mean, where z is any value greater than 1.
hebyshevs theorem requires z> 1; but zneed not be an integer.
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t least 75% of the data values must be within = 2 standard z
deviations of the mean.
t least 89% of the data values must be within = 3 standard z
deviations of the mean.
t least 94% of the data values must be within z= 4 standard
deviations of the mean.
ebyshevs Theorem
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Let z= 1.5 with ҧ𝑥 = 590.80 and = 54.74s
At least (1 - 1/(1.5) ) = 1 - 0.44 = 0.56 or 56%2
of the rent values must be between
ҧ𝑥 -z(s) = 590.80 - 1.5(54.74) = 509
and
ҧ𝑥 + z(s) = 590.80 + 1.5(54.74) = 673
(Actually, 86% of the rent values
are between 509 and 673.)
xample: Apartment Rents
ebyshevs Theorem
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mpirical Rule
When the data are believed to approximate a bell-shaped distribution:
•The empirical rule is based on the normal distribution, which is
covered in Chapter 6.
•The empirical rule can be used to determine the percentage of data
values that must be within a specified number of standard deviations
of the mean.
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Statistics for Business and Economic
r data having a bell-shaped distribution:
Approximately 68% of the data values will be within one standard
deviation of the mean.
Approximately 95% of the data values will be within two standard
deviations of the mean.
Almost all of the data values will be within three standard deviations of
the mean.
mpirical Rule
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z
m
–3
s m
–1
s
m
–2
s
m
+ 1
s
m
+ 2
s
m
+ 3
s
m
68.26%
95.44%
99.72%
mpirical Rule
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tecting Outliers
n outlier is an unusually small or unusually large value in a data set.
data value with a z-score less than -3 or greater than +3 might be considered
an outlier.
might be:
•an incorrectly recorded data value
•a data value that was incorrectly included in the data set
•a correctly recorded data value that belongs in the data set

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tistics for sinSleide s ss b yand Economics (13e) John Loucks
on, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, Cochran St. Edward’s 7 Cengage Learning University by John Loucks wards University
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic apter 3, Part B
scriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
Measures of Distribution Shape, Relative Location, and Detecting Outliers
ve-Number Summaries and Box Plots
Measures of Association Between Two Variables
ata Dashboards: Adding Numerical Measures to Improve Effectiveness
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
a password-protected website or school-approved learning management system for classroom use.
Statistics for Business and Economic easures of Distribution Shape,
lative Location, and Detecting Outliers istribution Shape Scores hebyshev’s Theorem mpirical Rule etecting Outliers
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic stribution Shape: Skewness
n important numerical measure of the shape of a distribution is called skewness.
he formula for the skewness of sample data is Skewness = 3 (𝑛−1) 𝑛 ( −2) σ𝑥𝑖−ҧ 𝑥 𝑠
kewness can be easily computed using statistical software.
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic stribution Shape: Skewness ymmetric (not skewed) •Skewness is zero. •Mean and median are equal. Skewness = 0 .35 .30 .25 .20 .15 .10 Relat .05 ive Frequency 0
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic stribution Shape: Skewness Moderately Skewed Left •Skewness is negative.
•Mean will usually be less than the median. .35 Skewness = - .31 .30 .25 .20 .15 .10 Relat .05 ive Frequency 0
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Statistics for Business and Economic stribution Shape: Skewness Moderately Skewed Right •Skewness is positive.
•Mean will usually be more than the median. .35 Skewness = .31 .30 .25 .20 .15 .10 Re.lat 05 ive Frequency 0
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic stribution Shape: Skewness Highly Skewed Right
•Skewness is positive (often above 1.0).
•Mean will usually be more than the median. .35 Skewness = 1.25 .30 .25 .20 .15 .10 Relat .05ive Frequency 0
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic stribution Shape: Skewness xample: Apartment Rents
Seventy efficiency apartments were randomly sampled in a college town. Th
monthly rent prices for the apartments are listed below in ascending order. 525530 530 535 535 535 535 535 540 540
540 540 540 545545 545 545 545 550 550
550 550 550 550 550 560 560 560 565 565
565 570 570 572 575 575 575 580 580580
580 585 590590 590 600 600 600 600 610
610 615 625 625 625 635 649 650 670670 675 675 680690 700 700 700 700 715 715
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Statistics for Business and Economic stribution Shape: Skewness xample: Apartment Rents .35 Skewness = .92 .30 .25 .20 .15 .10 Relative Frequency .05 0
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Statistics for Business and Economic Scores
he z-score is often called the standardized value.
denotes the number of standard deviations a data value xiis from the mean. 𝑧𝑖=𝑥𝑖−ҧ𝑥 𝑠
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic Scores
n observation’s z-score is a measure of the relative location of the observatio in a data set.
data value less than the sample mean will have a z-score less than zero.
data value greater than the sample mean will have a z-score greater than zero.
data value equal to the sample mean will have a z-score of zero.
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic Scores xample: Apartment Rents
•z-Score of Smallest Value (525) 𝑧𝑖= 𝑥𝑖−ҧ𝑥 𝑠=525−590.80 54.74 = -1.20
Standardized Values for Apartment Rents 20 -1.11 -1.11 -1.02 -1.02 -1.02 -1.02 -1.02 -0.93 -0.93 93 -0.93 -0.93 -0.84 -0.84 -0.84 -0.84 -0.84 -0.75 -0.75 75 -0.75 -0.75 -0.75 -0.75 -0.56 -0.56 -0.56 -0.47 -0.47 47 -0.38 -0.38 -0.34 -0.29 -0.29 -0.29 -0.20 -0.20 -0.20 20 -0.11 -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.35 35 0.44 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.81 1.06 1.08 1.45 1.45 54 1.54 1.63 1.81 1.99 1.99 1.99 1.99 2.27 2.27
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic ebyshev’s Theorem
t least (1 - 1/z2) of the data values must be within zstandard deviations of
the mean, where z is any value greater than 1.
hebyshev’s theorem requires z> 1; but zneed not be an integer.
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic ebyshev’s Theorem
t least 75% of the data values must be within z= 2 standard deviations of the mean.
t least 89% of the data values must be within z= 3 standard deviations of the mean.
t least 94% of the data values must be within z= 4 standard deviations of the mean.
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic ebyshev’s Theorem xample: Apartment Rents
Let z= 1.5 with ҧ𝑥 = 590.80 and s= 54.74
At least (1 - 1/(1.5)2) = 1 - 0.44 = 0.56 or 56%
of the rent values must be between
ҧ𝑥 -z(s) = 590.80 - 1.5(54.74) = 509 and
ҧ𝑥 + z(s) = 590.80 + 1.5(54.74) = 673
(Actually, 86% of the rent values are between 509 and 673.)
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
a password-protected website or school-approved learning management system for classroom use.
Statistics for Business and Economic mpirical Rule
When the data are believed to approximate a bell-shaped distribution:
•The empirical rule can be used to determine the percentage of data
values that must be within a specified number of standard deviations of the mean.
•The empirical rule is based on the normal distribution, which is covered in Chapter 6.
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
a password-protected website or school-approved learning management system for classroom use.
Statistics for Business and Economic mpirical Rule
r data having a bell-shaped distribution:
Approximately 68% of the data values will be within one standard deviation of the mean.
Approximately 95% of the data values will be within two standard deviations of the mean.
Almost all of the data values will be within three standard deviations of the mean.
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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Statistics for Business and Economic mpirical Rule 99.72% 95.44% 68.26% z m–3 s m –1 s m m+ 1s m+ 3s m–2 s m+ 2s
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Statistics for Business and Economic tecting Outliers
n outlier is an unusually small or unusually large value in a data set.
data value with a z-score less than -3 or greater than +3 might be considered an outlier. might be:
•an incorrectly recorded data value
•a data value that was incorrectly included in the data set
•a correctly recorded data value that belongs in the data set
age Learning. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or
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