Chapter 2: Q. 2.122 (page 80)
Distribution of a data set.
Short Answer
When all possible values are shown on a frequency graph, the form of the graph is the distribution of the data set.
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Chapter 2: Q. 2.122 (page 80)
Distribution of a data set.
When all possible values are shown on a frequency graph, the form of the graph is the distribution of the data set.
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Give an example, other than those presented in this section, of
a) Qualitative Variable
b) Discrete Qualitative Variable
c) Continuous Quantitative Variable
This problem is about variables.
a. What is a variable?
b. Identify two main types of variables.
c. Identify the two types of quantitative variables.
Suppose that you have a data set that contains a large number of observations. Which graphical display is generally preferable; a histogram or a stem-and-leaf diagram? Explain your answer.
In the special report "Mousetrap: The Most-Visited Shoe and Apparel E-tailers" (Footwear News, Vol. 58 , No. 3, p. 18), we found the following data on the average time, in minutes, spent per user per month from January to June of one year for a sample of shoe and apparel retail websites.

The following Minitab output shows a stem-and-leaf diagram for these data. The second column gives the stems, and the third column gives the leaves.

Distribution of a variable.
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