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Quantitative Comparison | Re: In the course of an experiment, 95 measurements were recorded, and all

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­From the histogram, you can observe that

all of the measurement intervals are the same size,
the distribution has a peak at the measurement interval 6—10, and
more of the measurement intervals are to the right of the peak than are to the left of the peak.

Since in the histogram the 95 measurements have been grouped into intervals, you cannot calculate the exact value of either the average or the median; you must compare them without being able to determine the exact value of either one.

The median of the 95 measurements is the middle measurement when the measurements are listed in increasing order. The middle measurement is the 48th measurement. From the histogram, you can see that the measurement interval 1—5 contains the first 15 measurements, and the measurement interval 6—10 contains the next 35 measurements (that is, measurements 16 through 50). Therefore, the median is in the measurement interval 6—10 and could be 6, 7, 8, 9, or
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Statistics : Posted by Sajjad1994 • on 18 May 2024, 11:08 • Replies 2 • Views 357



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