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ashley

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Suppose that the distribution of grocery purchases is thought to be symmetric. If the mean purchase is 23.14, what would the median purchase be?
 
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Open the data file provided with the text called AirlinePassengers. Indicate the level of data measurement for each variable in the data set.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

For a symmetric distribution, the mean and median are equal. Therefore, the median purchase should also be 23.14.

Answer to Question 2

Airline - nominal
Day of Week - ordinal
Time of Day - nominal
Male/Female - nominal
Business/Pleasure - nominal
Length of Trip- - ordinal
Hours to Destination - ratio
Children < 10 years - nominal
Pieces of Luggage - ratio
Pieces Carried On - ratio
Times Flown - ratio


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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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