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The article “Vehicle-Arrival Characteristics at Urban
Chapter 1, Problem 13SE(choose chapter or problem)
The article “Vehicle-Arrival Characteristics at Urban Uncontrolled Intersections” (V. Rengaraju and V. Rao, Journal of Transportation Engineering, 1995: 317–323) presents data on traffic characteristics at 10 intersections in Madras, India. One characteristic measured was the speeds of the vehicles traveling through the intersections. The accompanying table gives the 15th, 50th, and 85th percentiles of speed (in km/h) for two intersections.
a. If a histogram for speeds of vehicles through intersection A were drawn, do you think it would be skewed to the left, skewed to the right, or approximately symmetric? Explain.
b. If a histogram for speeds of vehicles through intersection B were drawn, do you think it would be skewed to the left, skewed to the right, or approximately symmetric? Explain.
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The article “Vehicle-Arrival Characteristics at Urban Uncontrolled Intersections” (V. Rengaraju and V. Rao, Journal of Transportation Engineering, 1995: 317–323) presents data on traffic characteristics at 10 intersections in Madras, India. One characteristic measured was the speeds of the vehicles traveling through the intersections. The accompanying table gives the 15th, 50th, and 85th percentiles of speed (in km/h) for two intersections.
a. If a histogram for speeds of vehicles through intersection A were drawn, do you think it would be skewed to the left, skewed to the right, or approximately symmetric? Explain.
b. If a histogram for speeds of vehicles through intersection B were drawn, do you think it would be skewed to the left, skewed to the right, or approximately symmetric? Explain.
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