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58.3 34.6 35.5 45.4 38.6 63.8 53.9 61.9 69.9 43 85 63.4<br />

58.4 61.9 40.9 73.9 34.8 74.4 97.4 61 66.7 79.6 98.9<br />

a. F<strong>in</strong>d the range, standard deviation, and <strong>in</strong>terquartile range. Expla<strong>in</strong> what these<br />

three values tell us about the shape of the distribution.<br />

b. Expla<strong>in</strong> the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of the standard deviation and the <strong>in</strong>terquartile<br />

range.<br />

c. Produce descriptive statistics <strong>for</strong> this dataset with the Analysis ToolPak <strong>in</strong> Excel.<br />

d. Is the distribution skewed If so, <strong>in</strong> which direction<br />

e. Create a relative frequency histogram. Describe any trends <strong>in</strong> the data.<br />

f. Is an observation of 79.6 an outlier Use Chebyshev‟s Theorem to justify your<br />

answer.<br />

3. The article “Determ<strong>in</strong>ation of Most Representative Subdivision” (Journal of Energy<br />

Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g [1993]: 43-55) gave data on various characteristics of subdivisions that<br />

could be used <strong>in</strong> decid<strong>in</strong>g whether to provide electrical power us<strong>in</strong>g overhead l<strong>in</strong>es or<br />

underground l<strong>in</strong>es. Data on the variable x = total length of streets with<strong>in</strong> a subdivision (<strong>in</strong><br />

feet) are as follows:<br />

1280 5320 4390 2100 1240 3060 4770 1050<br />

360 3330 3380 340 1000 960 1320 530<br />

3350 540 3870 1250 2400 960 1120 2120<br />

450 2250 2320 2400 3150 5700 5220 500<br />

1850 2460 5850 2700 2730 1670 100 5770<br />

3150 1890 510 240 396 1419 2109<br />

a. F<strong>in</strong>d the range, standard deviation, and <strong>in</strong>terquartile range. Expla<strong>in</strong> what these<br />

three values tell us about the shape of the distribution.<br />

b. Expla<strong>in</strong> the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of the standard deviation and the <strong>in</strong>terquartile<br />

range.<br />

c. Produce descriptive statistics <strong>for</strong> this dataset with the Analysis ToolPak <strong>in</strong> Excel.<br />

d. Is the distribution skewed If so, <strong>in</strong> which direction<br />

e. F<strong>in</strong>d the -score <strong>for</strong> the observation 79.6. Expla<strong>in</strong> what your answer means <strong>in</strong><br />

real-world terms.<br />

f. Create a relative frequency histogram. Is an observation of 79.6 an outlier Use<br />

Chebyshev‟s Theorem to justify your answer.<br />

4. Us<strong>in</strong>g the five class <strong>in</strong>tervals 100 to 120, 120 to 140, . . ., 180 to 200, devise a frequency<br />

distribution based on 70 observations whose histogram could be described as follows:<br />

a. symmetric b. bimodal c. positively (right) skewed d. negatively (left) skewed<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 79

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