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Author Question: Consider the following sample data: 153, 178, 203, 410, 310, 231, 190, and 225. Compute the mean and ... (Read 17 times)

cartlidgeashley

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Consider the following sample data: 153, 178, 203, 410, 310, 231, 190, and 225. Compute the mean and median. Is the distribution of these numbers skewed to the right, skewed to the left or symmetric? Why?
 
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Question 2

Find the probability the next disk inspected will have more than one missing pulse.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Mean = 237.5, median = (203 + 225)/2 = 214. Since mean > median, the distribution of these numbers is skewed to the right.

Answer to Question 2

P(X > 1 ) = 0.005


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