Question

Nielsen tracks the amount of time that people spend consuming media content across different platforms (digital, audio, television) in the United States. Nielsen has found that traditional television viewing habits vary based on the age of the consumer as an increasing number of people consume media through streaming devices. The following data represent the weekly traditional TV viewing hours in 2016 for a sample of 14 people aged 18-34 and 12 people aged 35-49. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) 24.2 21.0 17.8 19.6 23.4 19.1 14.6 27.1 19.2 Viewers aged 18-34 22.9 23.4 17.3 20.5 24.9 34.9 31.9 35.4 29.9 30. 9 36.7 | 36.2 33.8 Viewers aged 35-49 29.5 30.8 (a) Compute the mean and median weekly hours of traditional TV viewed by those aged 18-34. mean 20.6 hr median Xhr (b) Compute the mean and median weekly hours of traditional TV viewed by those aged 35-49. mean X hr median Xhr Enter a number

Answer 1

Σχ (а) Мean 288.4 20.6 14 To find median, arrange the data in ascending order 18.3 19.1 17.3 17.8 19.2 19.6 20.5 21.0 22.9 23.4 23.4 24.2 27.1 14.6 +1th observation th onservation +size of size of the Median = ( 14 1th observation th onservation +size of 2 size of the 2 size of the (7) th onservation+size of (8) th observation 2 19.6+20.5 2 Median 20.05 Σχ (b) Mean 390.7 = 32.5583 12 = Mean 32.56 (Rounded to two decimal places) To find median, arrange the data in ascending order 36.7 33.8 34.9 35.4 24.9 29.5 29.9 30.8 30.9 31.9 35.8 36.2 th onservation+size of+1)th size of the observation Median 2 +1 th observation th onservation +size of size of the 2 size of the (6)th onservation+size of (7)th observation 2 31.9+33.8 Median 32.85