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![At an outpatient testing center of a hospital, a sample of
24 days showed the following number of cardiograms
done each day.
2
13
14
20
20
23
25
31
32
32
32
32
33
36
43
44
44
45
51
52
57
61
63
x = 810, X = 33, 780
]
[Help:
a). Find the median, Q3 P64 and percentile rank of 50 of
the distribution of cardiograms done .
Median=
Q3,-
P64=
percentile rank of 50=
b). Find the sample standard deviation and the
coefficient of variation.
sample standard deviation=
sample coefficient of variation=
c). Use Chebyshev's theorem to find an interval
centered about the mean in which at least 64% of the
observation will fall. What percent observations of the
given data actually fall in the interval you made.
Interval= [ ; ]
percent observations=](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/b1aa158c-2148-4ac1-a836-935d83191d06/a8b1e21a-7b7c-4d13-ad18-cef288feea9b/lkby24e_thumbnail.jpeg)
Transcribed Image Text:At an outpatient testing center of a hospital, a sample of
24 days showed the following number of cardiograms
done each day.
2
13
14
20
20
23
25
31
32
32
32
32
33
36
43
44
44
45
51
52
57
61
63
x = 810, X = 33, 780
]
[Help:
a). Find the median, Q3 P64 and percentile rank of 50 of
the distribution of cardiograms done .
Median=
Q3,-
P64=
percentile rank of 50=
b). Find the sample standard deviation and the
coefficient of variation.
sample standard deviation=
sample coefficient of variation=
c). Use Chebyshev's theorem to find an interval
centered about the mean in which at least 64% of the
observation will fall. What percent observations of the
given data actually fall in the interval you made.
Interval= [ ; ]
percent observations=
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