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Message posted by Carol (via 205.188.199.34) on June 7, 2001 at 6:08 AM (ET)

JG thank you for helping me...can you tell me if my answers are right as far as the mean, std. dev, mode,range,low, Q1, median,Q3 and high

An energency room records the following nomber of admissions for 30 Saturday nights during one calendar year.
38 46 46 43 35 48 48 56 48 44 58 48 58 44 36 48 38 38 52 37 32 50 37 40 60 51 42 38 28 45

Mean 44.4
Std. Dev. 19.6
Mode 48
Range 32
Low 28
Q1 38
Median 44.5
Q3 48
High 60

Does the data appear symetric or skewed?

The data is symetric


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Message posted by Darius (via 200.23.217.10) on June 7, 2001 at 11:26 AM (ET)

All but Stdev (7.95) is right.



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