Old Faithful? Does the duration of an eruption have an

Chapter 5, Problem 19RE

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Problem 19RE

Old Faithful? Does the duration of an eruption have an effect on the length of time that elapses before the next eruption?

a) The histogram below shows the duration (in minutes) of those 222 eruptions. Describe this distribution.

b) Explain why it is not appropriate to find summary statistics for this distribution.

c) Let’s classify the eruptions as “long” or “short,” depending upon whether or not they last at least 3 minutes. Describe what you see in the comparative boxplots.

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