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Chapter 1: Q 1.3. (page 31)

The Fathom dot-plot displays data on the number of siblings reported by each student in a statistics class.

Describe the spread of the distribution.

Short Answer

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The distribution is not approximately normally distributed

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Given information

The dot-plot is :

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Concept

The spread of distribution indicates the amount of variability in the data. Giving the smallest and greatest values is one approach to describe the variability.

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Explanation

Because the data set's minimum value is 0and highest value is 6, the range of the data is obvious from the accompanying graphic. As a result, the range is 6. Two outliers are visible in the presented figure, numbers 5 and 6, because they are far apart from the other values in the data set. As a result, the distribution cannot be claimed to be nearly normally distributed.

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