The operations manager of a toll booth, located at a major exit of a state turnpike, is

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The operations manager of a toll booth, located at a major exit of a state turnpike, is trying to estimate the typical number of vehicles that arrive at the toll booth during a 1-minute period during the peak of rush-hour traffic. In an effort to estimate this typical throughput value, he records the number of vehicles that arrive at the toll booth over a 1-minute interval commencing at the same time for each of 365 normal weekdays. These data are contained in the file P2_9.XLS. a Find the most appropriate measure of the given distribution’s central location. b Is this distribution of arrivals skewed somewhat? Explain.

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Managerial Statistics

ISBN: 9780534389314

1st Edition

Authors: S. Christian Albright, Wayne L. Winston, Christopher Zappe

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