Twenty-nine college students were polled and indicated their total cost of textbooks spent on the current semester (in dollars). 91 472 485 238 592 394 188 341 266 199 142 273 189 130 574 101 129 385 498 190 398 188 278 43 30 127 85 335 192 Is the standard deviation an appropriate measure of variation for this data? If yes, describe why (in detail). If not, state why and provide a more appropriate measure of variation for this dataset.

Twenty-nine college students were polled and indicated their total cost of textbooks spent on the current semester (in dollars). 91 472 485 238 592 394 188 341 266 199 142 273 189 130 574 101 129 385 498 190 398 188 278 43 30 127 85 335 192 Is the standard deviation an appropriate measure of variation for this data? If yes, describe why (in detail). If not, state why and provide a more appropriate measure of variation for this dataset.

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

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ISBN:9780079039897

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Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.4: Distributions Of Data

Problem 19PFA

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Twenty-nine college students were polled and indicated their total cost of textbooks spent on the current semester (in dollars).

91 472 485 238 592 394 188 341 266 199 142 273 189 130 574 101 129 385 498 190 398 188 278 43 30 127 85 335 192

Is the standard deviation an appropriate measure of variation for this data? If yes, describe why (in detail). If not, state why and provide a more appropriate measure of variation for this dataset.

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