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

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.4: Distributions Of Data

Problem 19PFA

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You are manager of a specialty coffee shop and collect data throughout a full day regarding waiting time for customers from the time they enter the shop until the time they pick up their order.

(a) What type of distribution do you think would be most desirable for the waiting times: skewed right, skewed left, mound-shaped symmetric? Explain.

A skewed left distribution would be the most desirable because this would mean there are never any long waiting times.A skewed right distribution would be the most desirable because this would mean there are never any long waiting times. A skewed left distribution would be the most desirable because this would mean there are a lot of short waiting times and only a few long waiting times.A skewed right distribution would be the most desirable because this would mean there are a lot of short waiting times and only a few long waiting times.A mound shaped symmetric distribution would be the most desirable distribution because this would mean are a lot of short waiting times and only a few long waiting times.

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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