Chapter 3: Q. 3.155 (page 136)
When are the adjacent values just the minimum and maximum observation?
The adjacent values just the minimum and maximum observation when the data set has no potential outliers.
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What condition on a data set is required to apply the Empirical rule?
What is another name for the Empirical rule? Why is that name appropriate?
A quantitative data set has size has mean and standard deviation . At least how many observations lie betweenand
In this exercise, you will compare Chebyshev's rule and the empirical rule.
a. Compare the estimates given by the two rules for the percentage of observations that lie within two standard deviations to either side of the mean. Comment on the differences.
b. Compare the estimates given by the two rules for the percentage of observations that lie within three standard deviations to either side of the mean. Comment on the differences.
Define
a. descriptive measures,
b. measures of center,
c. measures of variation.
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