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2.<br />

b. Q3 – Q1 = 4.75. The middle 50% of beer calories <strong>in</strong> this sample have a range of<br />

4.75 calories. Specifically, they range from 29 calories (first quartile) to 33.75<br />

calories (third quartile).<br />

c. The skewness value is 0.14. This means the distribution is slightly skewed to the<br />

right.<br />

a. Range = 64.3; Interquartile Range = 27.7 (71.9 – 44.2); Standard Deviation =<br />

18.7. The difference between the highest and lowest percentage is 64.3%, tell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

us that the percentage of school enrollees varies greatly across Central Africa.<br />

However, this does not ensure that there is not a s<strong>in</strong>gle outlier creat<strong>in</strong>g this wide<br />

spread. The <strong>in</strong>terquartile range is 27.7%, tell<strong>in</strong>g us that the middle 50% of<br />

percentages span from 44.2% to 71.9%, still a considerable spread. The standard<br />

deviation verifies that percentages are quite variable, s<strong>in</strong>ce, on average, the<br />

percentage of school enrollees varies by 18.7% po<strong>in</strong>ts about the mean.<br />

b. The <strong>in</strong>terquartile range is 27.7%, tell<strong>in</strong>g us that the middle 50% of percentages<br />

span from 44.2% to 71.9%, still a considerable spread. The standard deviation<br />

verifies that percentages are quite variable, s<strong>in</strong>ce, on average, the percentage of<br />

school enrollees varies by 18.7% po<strong>in</strong>ts about the mean.<br />

c.<br />

Enrollment<br />

Mean 60.9<br />

Standard Error 3.9<br />

Median 61.9<br />

Mode 61.9<br />

Standard Deviation 18.7<br />

Sample Variance 351.2<br />

Kurtosis -0.4<br />

Skewness 0.4<br />

Range 64.3<br />

M<strong>in</strong>imum 34.6<br />

Maximum 98.9<br />

Sum 1401.2<br />

Count 23.0<br />

d. Yes, it is skewed to the right, s<strong>in</strong>ce the skewness value is 0.4, a positive value.<br />

e.<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 222

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