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Exercise 4. Find the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) mode, and (d) midrange for the gi

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Exercise 4.

Find the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) mode, and (d) midrange for the given sample data.

Top 20 Richest Actors - Listed below are the wealth (in millions of dollars) of the

the 20 richest actors in the world 2016.

Based on the mean and median is this data set distribution normal or skewed?

If the data set is skewed, which way is it skewed?

Can this "Top 20" list be used to learn anything about the mean wealth of all actors?

Earnings

Name

Millions

Jerry Seinfeld

820

ScahRukh Khan

600

Tom Cruise

480

Mel Gibson

425

Johnny Depp

400

Sylvester Stallone

400

Bill Cosby

400

Tom Hanks

350

Jackie Chan

350

Arnold Schwarzenegger

300

Michael Douglas

300

Adam Sandler

300

Patrick Wilson

275

Robert Downey Jr.

250

Leon Thomas III

245

Leonardo DiCaprio

245

Scott Speedman

245

Will Smith

240

Brad Pitt

240

Salman Khan

200

Exercise 4.

Find the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) mode, and (d) midrange for the given sample data.

Top 20 Richest Actors - Listed below are the wealth (in millions of dollars) of the

the 20 richest actors in the world 2016.

Based on the mean and median is this data set distribution normal or skewed?

If the data set is skewed, which way is it skewed?

Can this "Top 20" list be used to learn anything about the mean wealth of all actors?

Earnings

Name

Millions

Jerry Seinfeld

820

ScahRukh Khan

600

Tom Cruise

480

Mel Gibson

425

Johnny Depp

400

Sylvester Stallone

400

Bill Cosby

400

Tom Hanks

350

Jackie Chan

350

Arnold Schwarzenegger

300

Michael Douglas

300

Adam Sandler

300

Patrick Wilson

275

Robert Downey Jr.

250

Leon Thomas III

245

Leonardo DiCaprio

245

Scott Speedman

245

Will Smith

240

Brad Pitt

240

Salman Khan

200

Explanation / Answer

Using excel sheet mean=353.25, mode=400 and median=300

So Median<mean<mode

Hence it is right skewed distribution