Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN: 9781305965584

Author: Richard N. Aufmann, Joanne Lockwood, Richard D. Nation, Daniel K. Clegg

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 13.4, Problem 42ES

Weights Consider the data set of the weights - of all Valencia oranges grown in California during a particular year. Do you think this data set is nearly normally distributed? Explain.

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)

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