Mathematical Statistics with Applications
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Author: Dennis Wackerly, William Mendenhall, Richard L. Scheaffer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 8E
An article in Archaeometry presented an analysis of 26 samples of Romano–British pottery, found at four different kiln sites in the United Kingdom. The percentage of aluminum oxide in each of the 26 samples is given below:
Source: A. Tubb, A. J. Parker, and G. Nickless, “The Analysis of Romano–British Pottery by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry,” Archaeometry 22 (1980): 153.
- a Construct a relative frequency histogram to describe the aluminum oxide content of all 26 pottery samples.
- b What unusual feature do you see in this histogram? Looking at the data, can you think of an explanation for this unusual feature?
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