Lesson 31: data and statistics, Tvpe; sample – HP 48G User Manual

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Lesson 31: Data and Statistics

Statistical data, for the HP 48 are represented by matrices. Sucli a

matrix

contains

a

row

for each

d a t a p o i n t

and

a

column

for each

v a r i a b l e

measured at that point.

vari

vai-2

vai-m

pomti

•fii

■ ■

' ^ ' I m

point

2

•î’21

^^^22

■ ■ ■^-2711.

pouit

n

■-t' ■;?, 2

■ ■ run

The

Statistics application uses the data stored in the

c u r r e n t

s ta tis tic a l

m a t r i x ,

stored in reserved

variable

I d D A T .

You change the current

statistical

matrix

each time

you work with a

different

set of data.

Example:

Find

the

mean

and

standard deviation

for

each

variable

in

the

following

set.

of

sample

data.

The

two variables

are

the consumer price index (CPI) and the producer price
index (PPI) for the United States over a. 5-yea.r period:

Year

CPI

PPI

1

9.1

9.2

2

5.8

4.6

3

6.5

6.1

4

7.6

7.8

5

11.5

19.3

S t e p 1 :

Select S:i. r

0 i<

from tlie STAT menu.

SIHGLE-VflRIflELE STATISTICS

CDL: 1

TVPE; Sample

_MEflN

DEV _VARIANCE

_TOTAL _MAKIMUM .MINIMUM

ENTER STATISTICAL DATA___________

Calculus, Statistics and Advanced Mathematics 7-7

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