In a grocery store find bags of potatoes, or anything else, which the label claims to weigh 5 pounds.


In a grocery store find bags of potatoes, or anything else, which the label claims to weigh 5 pounds. Take 30 bags and using a scale weigh them.

  1. Show your weight data in tabular format
    (see table below)
  2. For the data set calculate mean, standard deviation, range, mode, median, minimum and maximum
  3. Set up the frequency table and the frequency distribution graph
  4. Discuss observations regarding the shape of the graph
  5. Is the company claim regarding the weight of the stuff in the bag accurate?  Why?  Discuss please.
Potatoes Pounds Ounces
1 5 1
2 4 13
3 5 3
4 4 15
5 4 13
6 5 2
7 4 14
8 4 10
9 5 3
10 4 12
11 5 0
12 5 4
13 4 14
14 4 11
15 4 10
16 5 2
17 4 12
18 4 9
19 5 5
20 4 13
21 4 10
22 5 5
23 4 14
24 5 3
25 5 0
26 4 11
27 5 3
28 4 13
29 4 15
30 5 2
Price: $9.33
Solution: The downloadable solution consists of 6 pages, 333 words and 6 charts.
Deliverable: Word Document


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