Chapter 1: Q 105. (page 77)
File sizes Refer to Exercise 101. Find the interquartile range of the file size distribution shown in the dotplot.
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2.8 megabytes is the resultant answer.
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Chapter 1: Q 105. (page 77)
File sizes Refer to Exercise 101. Find the interquartile range of the file size distribution shown in the dotplot.
2.8 megabytes is the resultant answer.
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Paying for championships Does paying high salaries lead to more victories in professional sports? The New York Yankees have long been known for having Major League Baseball鈥檚 highest team payroll. And over the years, the team has won many championships. This strategy didn鈥檛 pay off in 2008, when the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series. Maybe the Yankees didn鈥檛 spend enough money that year. The figure shows histograms of the salary distributions for the two teams during the 2008 season. Why can鈥檛 you use these graphs to effectively compare the team payrolls?

Protecting woodWhat measures can be taken, especially when restoring historic wooden buildings, to help wood surfaces resist weathering? In a study of this question, researchers prepared wooden panels and then exposed them to the weather. Some of the variables recorded were type of wood (yellow poplar, pine, cedar); type of water repellent (solvent based, water-based); paint thickness (millimeters); paint color (white, gray, light blue); weathering time (months). Classify each variable as categorical or quantitative.
A smash or a hitRefer to Exercise 23.
(a) What proportion of subjects who said they saw broken glass at the accident received the 鈥渉it鈥 treatment?
(b) What percent of subjects who received the 鈥渟mashed into鈥 treatment said they did not see broken glass at the accident?
Who buys cars? A car dealer keeps records on car buyers for future marketing purposes. The table gives information on the last 4 buyers.

Part (a). Identify the individuals in this data set.
Part (b). What variables were measured? Classify each as categorical or quantitative.
Body image Refer to Exercise 25.
(a) Of the respondents who felt that their body weight was about right, what proportion were female?
(b) Of the female respondents, what percent felt that their body weight was about right?
(c) The segmented bar graph displays the distribution of perceived body image by gender. Describe what this graph reveals about the association between these two variables for the 1200 college students in the sample.

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