Reference no: EM132851442

1. The price of a single room on a weekday in several hotels in New York was 117 134 143 154 156 159 161 163 169 176 189 273

a. Calculate the mean and the median:

b. How do they compare and what does this tell you about the distribution?

c. What about if an additional hotel was included in the survey and by mistake the Presidential suite was counted (at $3900 a day)? Calculate the mean and the median.

d. How do they compare and which one is the most appropriate to use and why?

2. The following are data collected on jackals.

Males: 107,110,111,112,113,114,114,116,117,120

Females: 105,106,107,107,108,110,110,111,111,111

a. Determine the 5-number summary for both Males and Females.

b. Calculate (by hand) the mean and standard deviation for both Males and Females

c. Confirm your results for a. and b. with SAS.