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Brain Weights. In 1905, R. Pearl published the article "Biometrical Studies on Man. I. Variation and Correlation in Brain Weight" in which he studied the brain weights of Swedish males. The brain weights of a random sample of 225Swedish men have a mean of 1.40kgand standard deviation 0.11kg.

a. Construct a graph
b. Apply Property 1 of the empirical rule to make pertinent statements about the observations in the sample.
c. Repeat part (b) for Property 2 of the empirical rule.
d. Repeat part (b) for Property 3of the empirical rule.

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Part(a) Required graph is given below.

Part(b) By property 1of empirical rule68% of sample to make statement about observation in sample.

Part(c) By property 2of empirical rule 95%of sample to make statement about observation in sample.

Part(d) By property 3of empirical rule 99.7%of sample to make statement about observation in sample.

Step by step solution

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Part(a) Step 1 : Given information

We are given that the brain weights of a random sample of 225Swedish men have a mean of 1.40kgand standard deviation 0.11kg

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Part(a) Step 2 : Simplify  

For drawing the graph we can first find how many men in the sample have brain weight within one, two , three standard deviation to either side of mean.

It means we need to find x-3s,x-2s,x-s,x,x+3s,x+2s,x+s.

It is already discussed in Step 4,6,8.

Required graph is

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Part(b) Step 1 : Given information

We are given that the brain weights of a random sample of 225Swedish men have a mean of 1.40kgand standard deviation 0.11kg

04

Part(b) Step 2 : Simplify  

As we know by Property I of the empirical rule, nearly 68%of the men in the sample have brain weight within one standard deviation to either side of the mean.

Now,

225×68100=153

One standard deviation to either side of the mean is from
x-s=1.40-0.11=1.29x+s=1.40+0.11=1.51

From above calculation , we can interpret that,

Approximately 153of the 225 men in the sample have brain weight between 1.29kgand 1.51kg

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Part(c) Step 1 : Given information

We are given that the brain weights of a random sample of 225Swedish men have a mean of 1.40kgand standard deviation 0.11kg

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Part(c) Step 2 : Simplify  

As we know by Property 2 of the empirical rule, nearly95%of the men in the sample have brain weight within two standard deviations to either side of the mean.

Now,

225×95100=213.75≈214

Two standard deviations to either side of the mean is from
x-2s=1.40-20.11=1.18x+2s=1.40+20.11=1.62

From above calculation we can say that,

Approximately 214of the 225men in the sample have brain weight between 1.18kgand 1.62kg.
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Part(d) Step 1 : Given information

We are given that the brain weights of a random sample of 225Swedish men have a mean of 1.40kgand standard deviation 0.11kg

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Part(d) Step 2 : Simplify  

As we know by Property 3 of the empirical rule, nearly 99.7%of the men in the sample have brain weight within three standard deviations to either side of the mean.

Now,

225×99.7100=224.32≈224

Three standard deviations to either side of the mean is from
x-3s=1.40-30.11=1.07x+3s=1.40+30.11=1.73

From above calculation , we can interpret that

Approximately 224of the 225men in the sample have brain weight between 1.07kgand 1.73kg

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