Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN: 9780134494043

Author: Jeff Bennett, William L. Briggs, Mario F. Triola

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 4.3, Problem 8E

Does It Make Sense? For Exercises 5–8, determine whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly; not all of these statements have definitive answers, so your explanation is more important than your chosen answer.

8. Exam Results. The scores on the statistics exam had the following results: range = 40; high = 98; low = 58; median = 81; standard deviation = 8.

Definition Definition Middle value of a data set. The median divides a data set into two halves, and it also called the 50th percentile. The median is much less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean. If the number of elements in a dataset is odd, then the middlemost element of the data arranged in ascending or descending order is the median. If the number of elements in the dataset is even, the average of the two central elements of the arranged data is the median of the set. For example, if a dataset has five items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31—the median is the third item in ascending order, or 21. If a dataset has six items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33—the median is the average of the third (21) and fourth (27) items. It is calculated as follows: (21 + 27) / 2 = 24.

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Solution Summary: The author analyzes whether the statement makes sense for a statics exam. Since the data is not given, the particular results cannot be checked.

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