Dr. Christal-Joy Turner's Step-by-Step Guide For Alternative Ways to Calculate Basic Statistics

Question: basic stats questions
Over the past several months, an adult patient has been treated for tetany (severe muscle spasms). This condition is associated with an average total calcium level below 6 mg/dl. Recently, the patient's total calcium tests gave the following readings (in mg/dl). Assume that the population of x values has an approximately normal distribution.
10.10
8.40
10.70
9.50
9.40
9.80
10.00
9.90
11.20
12.10
Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean reading x and the sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)x= 10.11mg/dls=

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Answered By:

Christal-Joy T.
PhD in Educational Psychology w/ 4 years teaching experience in Stats

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Written Explanation:

I have worked out the problem in this video and shown ways to solve the problem by hand and by calculator. I hope you find this to be helpful. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to let me know. Take care, Dr. Christal-Joy Turner

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