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Chapter 7: Q. 3 (page 454)

Fillings How much do prices vary for filling a cavity? To find out, an insurance company randomly selects 10dental practices in California and asks for the cash (non-insurance) price for this procedure at each practice. The interquartile range is $74.

Short Answer

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Population: Dental practices
Parameter: IQR of price
Statistic: IQR for 10selected practices.

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01

Given information

We have been given that

No. of dental practices selected randomly were 10.

The interquartile range was decided to be$74.

02

Explanation

Population: It consists of all the dental practices in California.

Parameter: Interquartile range of price to fill a cavity for all dental practices in California.

Statistic: Interquartile range ($74)for 10selected dental practices in California.

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