Question

In each Exercises 3.82-3.90, use the technology of your choice to determine and interpret the range and sample standard deviation for those data sets to which those concepts apply. If those concepts don't apply, explain why. Note: If an exercise contains more than one data set, perform the aforementioned tasks for each data set.

Ballot Preferences. In Issue 338 of the Amstat News, then president of the American Statistical Association, F. Scheuren reported the results of a survey on how members would prefer to receive ballots in annual elections. On the WeissStats site, you will find data for preference and highest degree obtained for the 566 respondents.

Short answer

The range and standard deviation for the given data can not be found.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

The survey is conducted on how members would like ballots for yearly elections to be delivered.

Step 2. Determine the data's range and standard deviation.

Range$=max-min$

$s=\sqrt{{\displaystyle \frac{\sum {x_i}^2-{\left(\sum x_i\right)}^2/n}{n-1}}}$

The categories will include the Ballot preferences in annual elections, it is a qualitative variable.

Finding the range and standard deviation is not possible for this data.

And to be able to find the range and standard deviation require numerical data, and hence a quantitative variable, for the provided data set.