Stats: Data and Models (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data - Exercises - Page 74: 27

Answer

a i. The middle 50% of movies ran between 97 and 119 minutes. ii. On average, movie lengths varied from the mean run time by 19.6 minutes. b) We should be cautious in using the standard deviation because the distribution of run times is skewed to the right.

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a i. The middle 50% of movies ran between 97 and 119 minutes. ii. On average, movie lengths varied from the mean run time by 19.6 minutes. b) We should be cautious in using the standard deviation because the distribution of run times is skewed to the right.
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