Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.5, Problem 2.74LM
The following is a sample of 25 measurements:
- a. Compute
s2
, and s for this sample.
- b. Count the number of measurements in the intervals
- c. Compare the percentages found in part b to the percentages given by the
Empirical Rule and Chebyshev’s Rule. - d. Calculate the
range and use it to obtain a rough approximation for s. Does the result compare favorably with the actual value for s found in part a?
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