Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 3 - Section 3.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 152: 20b

Answer

Samples and their S.Ds are as follows: Sample 1: 12,21,45,11. S.D = 15.82 Sample 2: 11,21,45,30. S.D = 14.43 Sample 3: 9, 21, 32, 12. S.D = 10.34 (Other answers are possible.)

Work Step by Step

Assign a unique number between 1 and 9 to all the numbers. Then use the RANDBETWEEN function of MS Excel to draw three samples. Then use MS Excel to calculate S.D of each sample.
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