Suppose I had a sample of five individuals and have information on the number of years of education that each person and their mother have as follows:                                 Individual’s                                  Mom’s Name                    Education (yrs)                     Education (yrs) Chip                                   16                                              13 Jose                                   19                                              17 Buffy                                 14                                              15 James                                 5                                               11 Chrystal                            16                                              12    (d) Why does the sample mean differ as much as it does from the sample median?   (e) Find the sample standard deviation for Individual’s Education.  (Please round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

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Suppose I had a sample of five individuals and have information on the number of years of education that each person and their mother have as follows:

                                Individual’s                                  Mom’s

Name                    Education (yrs)                     Education (yrs)

Chip                                   16                                              13

Jose                                   19                                              17

Buffy                                 14                                              15

James                                 5                                               11

Chrystal                            16                                              12

 

 (d) Why does the sample mean differ as much as it does from the sample median? 

 (e) Find the sample standard deviation for Individual’s Education.  (Please round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) 

 

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