(a) Let X1, X2, X3 be random variables with the same variance variance o?. Then, the vari- ance of X = Xi++X3 will necessarily be (i) if the X,'s are all normally distributed; (ii) always; (iii) if the X;'s are independent of each other; (iv) if the X,'s are identically distributed. (b) If X1, X2, ..., X, N(u, o²), then as the sample size n increases, the standard deviation of X-ΣΧ i.i.d. (i) increases; (ii) stays the same; (iii) decreases; (iv) increases or decreases depending on the sign of o?. (c) The interquartile range is a better measure of dispersion in data than the standard devia- tion when (i) the standard deviation and mean are not in the same unit; (ii) there are outliers; (iii) the variance and the interquartile range are in the same unit; (iv) the data is bimodal. MacBook PrO

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(a) Let X1, X2, X3 be random variables with the same variance variance o?. Then, the vari-
o2
ance of X = Xi+X2+X3 will necessarily be
3.
(i) if the X;'s are all normally distributed;
(ii) always;
(iii) if the X,'s are independent of each other3;
(iv) if the X,'s are identically distributed.
i.i.d.
(b) If X1, X2, ..., X,
N(u, o²), then as the sample size n increases, the standard deviation
of X ΣΧ,
n
(i) increases;
(ii) stays the same;
(iii) decreases;
(iv) increases or decreases depending on the sign of o?.
(c) The interquartile range is a better measure of dispersion in data than the standard devia-
tion when
(i) the standard deviation and mean are not in the same unit;
(ii) there are outliers;
(iii) the variance and the interquartile range are in the same unit;
(iv) the data is bimodal.
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Transcribed Image Text:(a) Let X1, X2, X3 be random variables with the same variance variance o?. Then, the vari- o2 ance of X = Xi+X2+X3 will necessarily be 3. (i) if the X;'s are all normally distributed; (ii) always; (iii) if the X,'s are independent of each other3; (iv) if the X,'s are identically distributed. i.i.d. (b) If X1, X2, ..., X, N(u, o²), then as the sample size n increases, the standard deviation of X ΣΧ, n (i) increases; (ii) stays the same; (iii) decreases; (iv) increases or decreases depending on the sign of o?. (c) The interquartile range is a better measure of dispersion in data than the standard devia- tion when (i) the standard deviation and mean are not in the same unit; (ii) there are outliers; (iii) the variance and the interquartile range are in the same unit; (iv) the data is bimodal. MacBook Pro
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