Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, 16th Edition
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780078020520
Author: Douglas A. Lind, William G Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 8E
For Exercises 7–10, (a) compute the arithmetic
8. The accounting department at a mail-order company counted the following numbers of incoming calls per day to the company’s toll-free number during the first 7 days in May: 14, 24, 19, 31, 36, 26, 17.
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Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, 16th Edition
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