Introductory Statistics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321989178
Author: Neil A. Weiss
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 12RP
A quantitative data set has been grouped by using cutpoint grouping with equal-width classes of width 8.
- a. If the midpoint of the first class is 10, what are its lower and upper cutpoints?
- b. What is the class midpoint of the second class?
- c. What are the lower and upper cutpoints of the third class?
- d. Which class would contain an observation of 22?
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