Essentials of Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (Book Only)
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ISBN: 9781337681643
Author: David R. Anderson; Dennis J. Sweeney; Thomas A. Williams
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 3.3, Problem 35E
Consider a sample with data values of 10, 20, 12, 17, and 16. Compute the z-score for each of the five observations.
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Essentials of Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (Book Only)
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