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Sometimes a researcher must decide whether a variable is normally distributed. There are several ways to do this. One simple but very subjective method uses special graph paper, which is called normal probability paper. For the distribution of systolic blood pressure readings given in Chapter 3 of the text, the following method can be used:

Find the cumulative frequencies for each class, and place the results in the third column.

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QUESTION:

Sometimes a researcher must decide whether a variable is normally distributed. There are several ways to do this. One simple but very subjective method uses special graph paper, which is called normal probability paper. For the distribution of systolic blood pressure readings given in Chapter 3 of the text, the following method can be used:

Find the cumulative frequencies for each class, and place the results in the third column.

ANSWER:

Solution:

Step 1 of 2:

We have

Boundaries

Frequency

Cumulative

frequency

 

Cumulative

percent

frequency

89.5 – 104.5

24

 

 

104.5 – 119.5

62

 

 

119.5 – 134.5

72

 

 

134.5 – 149.5

26

 

 

149.5 – 164.5

12

 

 

164.5 – 179.5

4

 

 

 

200

 

 

The claim is to find the cumulative frequency and cumulative percent frequency.


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