Stats: Modeling the World Nasta Edition Grades 9-12
Stats: Modeling the World Nasta Edition Grades 9-12
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Author: David E. Bock, Paul F. Velleman, Richard D. De Veaux
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 5E

(a)

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To find: that the distribution of this variables to be unimodal, uniform or bimodal, symmetric or skewed.

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Unimodal close to zero and skewed and many seniors would have 0 or 1 speeding tickets. Some might have several, and a few might have more than that.

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To determine

To find: that the distribution of this variables to be unimodal, uniform or bimodal, symmetric or skewed.

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  Probably it is unimodal and the distribution is slightly skewed to the right. It is very easy to score 15 strokes over the mean than 15 strokes under the mean.

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To determine

To find: that the distribution of this variables to be unimodal, uniform or bimodal, symmetric or skewed.

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  Probably it is unimodal and symmetric. Weights might be equally likely to be over or under the average.

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To determine

To find: that the distribution of this variables to be unimodal, uniform or bimodal, symmetric or skewed.

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  Probably it is bimodal. Men’s and women’s distribution might have different modes. It might also be skewed to the right, therefore it is chance to have very long hair, but hair length could not be negative.

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