A data set is formed by recording the sums in 100 rolls of a pair of dice.

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A data set is formed by recording the sums in 100 rolls of a pair of dice. A second data set is formed by recording the results of 100 draws of a ball from a box containing 11 balls numbered 2 through 12.

(A) Which of the two data sets would you expect to have the smaller standard deviation? Explain.

(B) To obtain evidence for your answer to part (A), use a graphing calculator to simulate both experiments and compute the standard deviations of each data set.

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Finite Mathematics For Business Economics Life Sciences And Social Sciences

ISBN: 9780134862620

14th Edition

Authors: Raymond Barnett, Michael Ziegler, Karl Byleen, Christopher Stocker

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