Homework Clinic

Mathematics Clinic => Statistics => Topic started by: elizabeth18 on Apr 7, 2020

Title: Here are 3 boxplots of weekly gas prices at a service station in the United States (price in $ per ...
Post by: elizabeth18 on Apr 7, 2020: Here are 3 boxplots of weekly gas prices at a service station in the United States (price in $ per gallon). Compare the distribution of prices over the three years.

◦ Gas prices have been increasing on average over the 3-year period, but the variation in the middle 50% has decreased while variation for the entire distribution has increased. The distribution has been left-skewed, and there were 3 potential outliers in 2005.
◦ Gas prices have been decreasing on average over the 3-year period, but the variation in the middle 50% has been increasing while variation for the entire distribution has decreased. The distribution has been right-skewed, and there were 3 potential outliers in 2005.
◦ Gas prices have been decreasing on average over the 3-year period, and the variation has been decreasing overall. The distribution has been left-skewed, and there were 3 potential outliers in 2005.
◦ Gas prices have been increasing on average over the 3-year period, and the variation overall has been increasing as well. The distribution has been right-skewed, and there were 3 potential outliers in 2005.
Title: Here are 3 boxplots of weekly gas prices at a service station in the United States (price in $ per ...
Post by: sarah_brady415 on Apr 7, 2020: Gas prices have been increasing on average over the 3-year period, but the variation in the middle 50% has decreased while variation for the entire distribution has increased. The distribution has been left-skewed, and there were 3 potential outliers in 2005.
Title: Re: Here are 3 boxplots of weekly gas prices at a service station in the United States (price in $ p
Post by: Jacob Baker on Sep 14, 2020: Thank you
Title: Re: Here are 3 boxplots of weekly gas prices at a service station in the United States (price in $ p
Post by: natalie curtright on Dec 8, 2020: thank you
Title: Re: Here are 3 boxplots of weekly gas prices at a service station in the United States (price in $ p
Post by: Hailan C on Jan 31, 2021: Thank you