TABLE 8-3 to Become an Actuary, It Is Necessary to Pass a Pass

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Short Answer

TABLE 8-3
To become an actuary, it is necessary to pass a series of 10 exams, including the most important one, an exam in probability and statistics. An insurance company wants to estimate the mean score on this exam for actuarial students who have enrolled in a special study program. They take a sample of 8 actuarial students in this program and determine that their scores are: 2, 5, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 7. This sample will be used to calculate a 90% confidence interval for the mean score for actuarial students in the special study program.
-Referring to Table 8-3, the mean of the sample is ________, while the standard deviation of the sample is ________.

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Definitions:

Bivariate Data Set

A type of data that involves two variables and is used to find relationships or patterns between them.

Qualitative Variable

A variable that describes non-numeric categories or characteristics.

Frequencies

The count of how often different values or categories occur in a dataset.

Variables

Elements, characteristics, or factors that can change or vary in a research study, influencing the outcome or results.