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How much sleep do you get on a typical school night? A group of 10 college students were asked to report the number of hours that they slept on the previous night with the following results: a. Find the mean

How much sleep do you get on a typical school night? A group of 10 college students were asked to report the number of hours that they slept on the previous night with the following results:
How much sleep do you get on a typical school

a. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the number of hours of sleep for these 10 students.
b. Calculate the z-score for the largest value (x 8.5). Is this an unusually sleepy college student?
c. What is the most frequently reported measurement? What is the name for this measure of center?
d. Construct a box plot for the data. Does the box plot confirm your results in part b?

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7, 6, 7.25, 7, 8.5, 5, 8, 7, 6.75, 6

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