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Chapter 2: Q9 (page 76)

Seatbelts The Beams Seatbelts company manufactures—well, you know. When a sample of seatbelts is tested for breaking point (measured in kilograms), the sample data are explored. Identify the important characteristic of data that is missing from this list: center, distribution, outliers, changing characteristics over time.

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The characteristic of the data that is missing from the given list is variation.

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01

Given information

A sample of seatbelts is analyzed to study the breaking point (in kilograms).

02

Define the acronym CVDOT

When a sample of data is considered, five important features of the data are analyzed and studied.

The acronym “CVDOT” is used to represent these five features.

They are:

  • Center
  • Variation
  • Distribution
  • Outliers
  • Time
03

Identify the missing feature

It is given that the following four features are considered:

  • Center
  • Distribution
  • Outliers
  • Time

Here, the characteristic of variation is not listed.

Therefore, the missing feature in the given list is variation.

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