The planets of the solar system have the numbers of moons listed below in order from the sun. (Pluto is not included because it was uninvited from the solar system party in 2006.) Include appropriate units whenever relevant.
0 0 1 2 17 28 21 8
a. Find the mean.
b. Find the median.
c. Find the mode.
d. Find the range.
e. Find the standard deviation.
f. Find the variance.
g. Use the range rule of thumb to identify the values separating significant values from those that are not significant.
h. Based on the result from part (g), do any of the planets have a number of moons that is significantly low or significantly high? Why or why not?
i. What is the level of measurement of the data: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio?
j. Are the data discrete or continuous?