Chapter 2: Q 1.4. (page 89)
Estimate Q1, Q3, and the IQR of the distribution.
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Q1 = Q3 = and IQR =
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Chapter 2: Q 1.4. (page 89)
Estimate Q1, Q3, and the IQR of the distribution.
Q1 = Q3 = and IQR =
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Table A practice
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R2.8 Working backward
(a) Find the number at the 80th percentile of a standard Normal distribution.
(b) Find the number localid="1649404103275" such that localid="1649404108890" of all observations from a standard Normal distribution are greater than localid="1649404115271" .
- Use Table A to find the percentile of a value from any Normal distribution and the value that corresponds to a given percentile.
Consider the height distribution for -year-old males.
(a) Find its mean and standard deviation. Show your method clearly.
(b) What height would correspond to a z-score of Show your work.
Run fast Peter is a star runner on the track team. In the league championship meet, Peter records a time that would fall at the 80th percentile of all his race times that season. But his performance places him at the percentile in the league championship meet. Explain how this is possible. (Remember that lower times are better in this case!)
Shoes How many pairs of shoes do students have? Do girls have more shoes than boys? Here are data from a random sample of female and male students at a large high school:
(a) Find and interpret the percentile in the female distribution for the girl with pairs of shoes.
(b) Find and interpret the percentile in the male distribution for the boy with pairs of shoes.
(c) Who is more unusual: the girl with pairs of shoes or the boy with pairs of shoes? Explain.

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