b. What is the probability that an individual in this sample has length of residence greater than 5 years, and less than 20 years? c. What is the probability that out of 7 randomly selected individuals at least 2 will have length of residence less than five years?

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b. What is the probability that an individual in this sample has length of residence greater
than 5 years, and less than 20 years?
c. What is the probability that out of 7 randomly selected individuals at least 2 will have
length of residence less than five years?
Transcribed Image Text:b. What is the probability that an individual in this sample has length of residence greater than 5 years, and less than 20 years? c. What is the probability that out of 7 randomly selected individuals at least 2 will have length of residence less than five years?
7. The following cumulative distribution characterizes length of residence for a large number of
individuals in a city.
Years
Cumulative Probability
0-1
.115
365
535
675
1-2
2-5
5-10
10-20
20-40
.945
985
a. What is the range of median length of residence?
Transcribed Image Text:7. The following cumulative distribution characterizes length of residence for a large number of individuals in a city. Years Cumulative Probability 0-1 .115 365 535 675 1-2 2-5 5-10 10-20 20-40 .945 985 a. What is the range of median length of residence?
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a. Using Excel let us plot the probabilities.

After plotting the probabilities we calculate the median, with “MEDIAN” command, and select the rows of the cumulative probabilities.

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