To study the output of a machine that fills boxes with cereal, a quality control engineer weighed 150 boxes of Brand X cereal. The frequency distribution in the following table summarizes his findings. Find the standard deviation of the weight of the boxes of cereal. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)     ___oz x = Weight (ounces) Number of boxes 15.3 ≤ x < 15.6 11 15.6 ≤ x < 15.9 24 15.9 ≤ x < 16.2 85 16.2 ≤ x < 16.5 17 16.5 ≤ x < 16.8 13

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Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.