Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781337119917
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 15P
For Problems 15-20, use the specified number of classes to do the following.
- (a) Find the class width.
- (b) Make a frequency table showing class limits, class boundaries, midpoints, frequencies, relative frequencies, and cumulative frequencies.
- (c) Draw a histogram.
- (d) Draw a relative-frequency histogram.
- (e) Categorize the basic distribution shape as uniform, mound-shaped symmetric, bimodal, skewed left, or skewed right.
- (f) Draw an ogive.
- (g) Interpretation Discuss some of the features about the data that the graphs reveal. Consider items such as data
range , location of the middle half of the data, unusual values, outliers, etc.
15. Sports: Dog Sled Racing How long does it take to finish the 1161-mile Iditarod Dog Sled Race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska (see Viewpoint)? Finish times (to the nearest hour) for 57 dogsled teams are shown below.
Use five classes.
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