Chapter 1: Q 101. (page 73)
The IQR Is the interquartile range a resistant measure of spread? Give an example of a small data set that supports your answer.
Short Answer
Yes, the interquartile range is a spread metric that is resistant to change. .
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The IQR Is the interquartile range a resistant measure of spread? Give an example of a small data set that supports your answer.
Yes, the interquartile range is a spread metric that is resistant to change. .
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Here are the scores on the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) for 18 first-year college women:

and for 20 first-year college men:

Do these data support the belief that women have better study habits and attitudes toward learning than men? (Note that high scores indicate good study habits and attitudes toward learning.) Follow the four-step process.
The National Survey of Adolescent Health interviewed several thousand teens (grades 7 to 12). One question asked was "What do you think are the chances you will be married in the next ten years?" Here is a two-way table of the responses by gender: Your percent from the previous exercise is part of-
(a) the marginal distribution of gender.
(b) the marginal distribution of opinion about marriage.
(c) the conditional distribution of gender among adolescents with a given opinion.
(d) the conditional distribution of opinion among adolescents of a given gender.
(e) the conditional distribution of 鈥淎lmost certain鈥 among females.

The percentage of students with less than $10 in their possession is closest to
(a) 30%. (b) 35%. (c) 50%. (d) 60%. (e) 70%
This is a standard deviation contest. You must choose four numbers from the whole numbers to , with repeats allowed.
(a) Choose four numbers that have the smallest possible standard deviation.
(b) Choose four numbers that have the largest possible standard deviation.
(c) Is more than one choice possible in either (a) or (b)? Explain.
Shopping spree A marketing consultant observed 50 consecutive shoppers at a supermarket. One variable of interest was how much each shopper spent in the store. Here are the data (in dollars), arranged in
increasing order:
(a) Round each amount to the nearest dollar. Then make a stem plot using tens of dollars as the stems and dollars as the leaves.
(b) Make another stem plot of the data by splitting stems. Which of the plots shows the shape of the distribution better?
(c) Write a few sentences describing the amount of money spent by shoppers at this supermarket.

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