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Chapter 1: Q 107. (page 73)
If a distribution is skewed to the right with no outliers,
(a) mean median. (d) mean > median.
(b) mean median. (e) We can鈥檛 tell without examining the data.
(c) mean median.
The correct option is (d) mean median.
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Olympic gold! The following table displays the total number of gold medals won by a sample of countries in the Summer Olympic Games in China.
(a) Make a dot plot to display these data. Describe the overall pattern of the distribution and any deviations from that pattern.
(b) Overall, countries participated in the Summer Olympics, of which won at least one gold medal. Do you believe that the sample of countries listed in the table is representative of this larger population? Why or why not?
Comparing car colours Favorite vehicle colours may differ among types of vehicles. Here are data on the most popular colours in for luxury cars and for SUVs, trucks, and vans.
(a) Make a graph to compare colours by vehicle type.
(b) Write a few sentences describing what you see.
You look at real estate ads for houses in Naples, Florida. There are many houses ranging from in price. The few houses on the water, however, have prices up to . The distribution of house prices will be
(a) skewed to the left.
(b) roughly symmetric.
(c) skewed to the right.
(d) unimodal.
(e) too high.
A survey was designed to study how business operations vary according to their size. Companies were classified as small, medium, or large. Questionnaires were sent to 200 randomly selected businesses of each size. Since not all questionnaires in a survey of this type are returned, researchers decided to investigate the relationship between the response rate and the size of the business. The data are given in the following two-ways
Which of the following conclusions seems to be supported by the data?
(a) There are more small companies than large companies in the survey.
(b) Small companies appear to have a higher response rate than medium or big companies.
(c) Exactly the same number of companies responded as didn鈥檛 respond.
(d) Small companies dislike larger companies.
(e) If we combined the medium and large companies, then their response rate would be equal to that of the small company
The IQR Is the interquartile range a resistant measure of spread? Give an example of a small data set that supports your answer.
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