SOLUTION: The number of sick days due to cold and flu last year was recorded by a sample of 15 adults. The data are
5; 7; 0; 3; 15; 6; 5; 9; 3; 8; 10; 5; 2; 0; 12:
a) Compute t
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-> SOLUTION: The number of sick days due to cold and flu last year was recorded by a sample of 15 adults. The data are
5; 7; 0; 3; 15; 6; 5; 9; 3; 8; 10; 5; 2; 0; 12:
a) Compute t
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Question 979122: The number of sick days due to cold and flu last year was recorded by a sample of 15 adults. The data are
5; 7; 0; 3; 15; 6; 5; 9; 3; 8; 10; 5; 2; 0; 12:
a) Compute the mean, median and mode.
b) Describe what you have learned from the three statistics calculated in part (a).
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Mean is sum divided by 15. It is 90/15=6
Median is middle number which is 8th from bottom if numbers are ordered. It is 5
Mode is the most common number. It is 5.
Mode is generally the least useful, except as a descriptor.
The fact that the mean is greater than the median means that the distribution has a right skew, and that a larger number is affecting it. Those numbers are 12 and 15.
The central portion of this distribution is 5 (median) and 6 (mean).
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