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What is the age distribution of adult shoplifters (21 years of age or older) in supermarkets? The following is based on information taken from the National Retail Federation. A
random sample of 895 incidents of shoplifting gave the following age distribution. Estimate the mean age, sample variance, and sample standard deviation for the shoplifters.
For the class 41 and over, use 45.5 as the class midpoint. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
Age range (years)
Number of shoplifters
21-30
31-40
41 and over
249
359
287
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s2 =
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Transcribed Image Text:What is the age distribution of adult shoplifters (21 years of age or older) in supermarkets? The following is based on information taken from the National Retail Federation. A random sample of 895 incidents of shoplifting gave the following age distribution. Estimate the mean age, sample variance, and sample standard deviation for the shoplifters. For the class 41 and over, use 45.5 as the class midpoint. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) Age range (years) Number of shoplifters 21-30 31-40 41 and over 249 359 287 X = s2 = = S ||
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For a grouped data with k classes having class marks xi, class frequency fi (i = 1, 2, …, k), total frequency n = Σ fi, the following are the formulae for the mean, variance, and standard deviation of a grouped data:

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