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washai

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In general, the median, the midrange, and the midquartile are not necessarily the same value. Each is the middle value, but by different definitions of middle. What property does the distribution need for these three measures to all be the same value?

Question 2

For a particular sample x= 4.2, one item in the sample is x = 4.8 . This item has a z-score at 2.50 . Find the sample standard deviation.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The distribution of the data needs to be symmetric for these three measures to all be the same value.

Answer to Question 2

s = 0.24


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Reply #2 on: Jul 24, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jul 24, 2018
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