In Exercise 6.1-7, lead concentrations near the San Diego Freeway in 1976 are given. During the fall of 1977, the weekday afternoon lead concentrations (in/m3) at the measurement station near the San Diego Freeway in Los Angeles were as follows: 9.5 10.7 8.3 9.8 9.1 9.4 9.6 11.9 9.5 12.6 10.5 8.9 11.4 12.0 12.4 9.9 10.9 12.3 11.0 9.2 9.3 9.3 10.5 9.4 9.4 8.2 10.4 9.3 8.7 9.8 9.1 2.9 9.8 5.7 8.2 8.1 8.8 9.7 8.1 8.8 10.3 8.6 10.2 9.4 14.8 9.9 9.3 8.2 9.9 11.6 8.7 5.0 9.9 6.3 6.5 10.2 8.8 8.0 8.7 8.9 6.8 6.6 7.3 16.7 (a) Construct a frequency distribution and display the results in the form of a histogram. Is this distribution symmetric? (b) Calculate the sample mean and sample standard deviation. (c) Locate , ± on your histogram. How many observations lie within one standard deviation of the mean? How many lie within two standard deviations of the mean? (d) Using the data from Exercise 6.1-7 and the data from this exercise, construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram with integer stems in the center and the leaves for 1976 going to the left and those for 1977 going to the right. (e) Construct box-and-whisker displays of both sets of data on the same graph. (f) Use your numerical and graphical results to interpret what you see.
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In Exercise 6.1-5, data are given for the number of $1 bets a player can make in roulette before losing $5. Use those data to respond to the following: (a) Determine the order statistics. (b) Find the five-number summary of the data. (c) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram. (d) Find the locations of the inner and outer fences, and draw a box plot that shows the fences, the suspected outliers, and the outliers. (e) In your opinion, does the median or sample mean give a better measure of the center of the data?
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The first step in solving 6.2 problem number 16 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: In Exercise 6.1-5, data are given for the number of $1 bets a player can make in roulette before losing $5. Use those data to respond to the following: (a) Determine the order statistics. (b) Find the five-number summary of the data. (c) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram. (d) Find the locations of the inner and outer fences, and draw a box plot that shows the fences, the suspected outliers, and the outliers. (e) In your opinion, does the median or sample mean give a better measure of the center of the data?
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