A. A. Michelson (1852-1931) made many series of measurements of the speed of light. Using a revolving

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A. A. Michelson (1852-1931) made many series of measurements of the speed of light. Using a revolving mirror technique, he obtained

$\begin{array}{lllllllllll}12 & 30 & 30 & 27 & 30 & 39 & 18 & 27 & 48 & 24 & 18\end{array}$

for the differences

(velocity of light in air) $-(229,700) \mathrm{km} / \mathrm{s}$


(a) Create a dot diagram.

(b) Find the median and the mean. Locate both on the dot diagram.

(c) Find the variance and standard deviation.

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Probability And Statistics For Engineers

ISBN: 9780134435688

9th Global Edition

Authors: Richard Johnson, Irwin Miller, John Freund

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