Statistics for Business and Economics
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Author: Paul Newbold, William Carlson, Betty Thorne
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Chapter 2.2, Problem 22E
(a)
To determine
The range, variance, and standard deviation of the given sample.
(b)
To determine
The interquartile range of the data.
(c)
To determine
The value of the coefficient of variation.
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