Global occurrence of anti-infectives in contaminated surface waters: Impact of income inequality between countries  The following is a histogram of 1995 concentrations of antibiotics from pooled data from different regions in the world (values are log-transformed) (a)Compute the interval (x¯ − 2s, x¯ + 2s). (b)What percentage of the observations fall within the interval in (a)? Justify your answer in one sentence. (c) Find the z-score for a log-concentration of 8. Interpret the z-score

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Global occurrence of anti-infectives in contaminated surface waters: Impact of income inequality between countries  The following is a histogram of 1995 concentrations of antibiotics from pooled data from different regions in the world (values are log-transformed)
(a)Compute the interval (x¯ − 2s, x¯ + 2s).
(b)What percentage of the observations fall within the interval in (a)? Justify your answer in one sentence.
(c) Find the z-score for a log-concentration of 8. Interpret the z-score

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10
Log of Concentration (ng/L)
00v
008
007
001
Frequency
Transcribed Image Text:-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Log of Concentration (ng/L) 00v 008 007 001 Frequency
1995
1995
Σ
x; = 5956.149,
Σ
> x = 25517.14.
i=1
=D1
i=1
Transcribed Image Text:1995 1995 Σ x; = 5956.149, Σ > x = 25517.14. i=1 =D1 i=1
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The histogram of the variables Ferquency and log concentration is given,

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Xi = 5956.149Xi2 = 25517.14

       n = 1995

 

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a)Compute the interval (x¯ − 2s, x¯ + 2s).
(b)What percentage of the observations fall within the interval in (a)? Justify your answer in one sentence.
(c) Find the z-score for a log-concentration of 8. Interpret the z-score

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