Understanding Basic Statistics
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781305254060
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 7P
Interpretation You are manager of a specialty coffee shop and collect data throughout a full day regarding waiting time for customers from the time they enter the shop until the time they pick up their order.
(a) What type of distribution do you think would be most desirable for the waiting times: skewed right, skewed left, mound-shaped symmetric? Explain.
(b) What if the distribution for waiting times were bimodal? What might be some explanations?
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