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Relative Frequency<br />

35%<br />

30%<br />

25%<br />

20%<br />

15%<br />

10%<br />

5%<br />

0%<br />

Percent Enrolled<br />

Percentage<br />

The majority of people <strong>in</strong> Central Africa are not enrolled <strong>in</strong> school, s<strong>in</strong>ce it is<br />

predom<strong>in</strong>antly the case that fewer than 50% of people <strong>in</strong> each nation attend school.<br />

f. We know that ̅ and . A percentage of 79.6% is<br />

standard deviation from the mean. We would expect that at least<br />

( )<br />

of all enrollment percentages would be with<strong>in</strong> one standard deviation of the mean.<br />

This is considered to be a very normal percentage (it is still with<strong>in</strong> the “average”<br />

spread).<br />

3.<br />

a. The range is 5750, which tells us that there is a difference of 5,750 feet from the<br />

shortest street to the longest street. The <strong>in</strong>terquartile range is 2170, tell<strong>in</strong>g us that<br />

the middle 50% of all street lengths range from 980 feet to 3,150 feet. The<br />

standard deviation is 1634, tell<strong>in</strong>g us that, on average, a street varies by 1,634 feet<br />

from the mean street length.<br />

b. The <strong>in</strong>terquartile range is 2170, tell<strong>in</strong>g us that the middle 50% of all street lengths<br />

range from 980 feet to 3,150 feet. The standard deviation is 1634, tell<strong>in</strong>g us that,<br />

on average, a street varies by 1,634 feet from the mean street length.<br />

c.<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 223

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