INTRO.STATISTICS,TECH.UPDT.-W/MYSTATLAB
INTRO.STATISTICS,TECH.UPDT.-W/MYSTATLAB
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Author: WEISS
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Chapter 3.5, Problem 201E

In Exercises 3.201–3.206, we have provided simple data sets for you to practice the basics of finding a

  1. a. population mean.
  2. b. population standard deviation.

3.201 4, 0, 5

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INTRO.STATISTICS,TECH.UPDT.-W/MYSTATLAB

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