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melina_rosy

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Suppose that the average height for college men is 66 inches. If the height distribution is bell-shaped, and 95 of the men have heights between 60 inches and 72 inches, what is the standard deviation of heights for this population?

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For each of the following numerical summaries, decide whether it is a resistant statistic or not: mean, median, standard deviation, range, interquartile range.


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

3 inches

Answer to Question 2

Resistant statistics would include the median and the interquartile range. Non-resistant statistics would include the mean, the standard deviation, and the range.


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