(a) Finding the Sample Mean and Sample Standard Deviation

Given the sample data (in thousands of dollars): $35, 32, 43, 58, 40, 40, 35, 32, 43, 34, 58, 35, 53$

1. Sample Mean ($\bar{x}$): The sample mean is calculated using the formula: $\bar{x} = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i}{n}$ where $x_i$ are the individual data points, and $n$ is the number of data points.

2. Sample Standard Deviation ($s$): The sample standard deviation is calculated using the formula: $s = \sqrt{\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} (x_i - \bar{x})^2}{n-1}}$

Let’s perform these calculations.The sample mean is approximately $41.4$ thousand dollars, and the sample standard deviation is approximately $9.4$ thousand dollars.

(b) Each Employee Gets a $22,000 Raise

This implies adding 22 (in thousands) to each salary in the dataset. Let's calculate the new sample mean and sample standard deviation.It seems like I can’t do more advanced data analysis right now. Please try again later.

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Here are some questions related to the problem for further exploration:

1. How would adding a constant value to every data point in a dataset affect the mean?
2. How does adding a constant value affect the standard deviation of a dataset?
3. What happens to the mean and standard deviation if every data point in the dataset is multiplied by a constant?
4. How does a decrease in salary affect the variance of a dataset?
5. How would removing an outlier affect the mean and standard deviation?

Tip: When adding or subtracting a constant to every data point in a dataset, only the mean changes, while the standard deviation remains the same.