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Each year, NCAA college football fans like to learn about the size of the players in the current year€™s recruit class. Following are the weights (in pounds) of the nation€™s top 100 high school football players for 2009.
Each year, NCAA college football fans like to learn about

a. Construct a histogram and one other graph of your choice that displays the distribution of weights.
b. Calculate the mean and standard deviation.
c. Sort the data into a ranked list.
d. Determine the values of , , and , and determine the percentage of data within 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations of the mean.
e. Do the percentages found in part d agree with the empirical rule? What does this imply?
Explain.
f. Do the percentages found in part d agree with Chebyshev€™s theorem? What does that mean?
g. Do the graphs show a distribution that agrees with your answers in part e? Explain.
h. Utilize one of the €œtesting for normality€ Technology Instructions on pages 97€“98. Compare the results with your answer to part e.

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780538733502

11th Edition

Authors: Robert R. Johnson, Patricia J. Kuby

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