Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 6 - The Normal Distribution - Chapter Quiz - Page 366: 34

Answer

Approximately normal

Work Step by Step

1. Construct a frequency distribution and draw a histogram for the data as shown in the figure, we can see that the distribution does not suffer strong skewness. 2. Check for skewness using the Pearson coefficient with $\bar X=674.4, median=678, s=23.9$ we have $PC=\frac{3(674.4-678)}{23.9}=-0.45$ indicating the distribution is slightly left skewed. 3. Check for outliers with $Q1=651, Q3=691, IQR=40$, we set up a range from $Q1-1.5IQR=591$ to $Q3+1.5IQR=751$, and we can not find any outliers from the data set. We conclude that this distribution is more or less normal.
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