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Consider the Following Sample of Exam Scores, Arranged in Increasing 223544556770\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 22 & 35 & 44 & 55 & 67 & 70 \end{array}

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Consider the following sample of exam scores, arranged in increasing order: 223544556770\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 22 & 35 & 44 & 55 & 67 & 70 \end{array}
788181828488\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 78 & 81 & 81 & 82 & 84 & 88 \end{array}
888990909192\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 88 & 89 & 90 & 90 & 91 & 92 \end{array}
9293939494959596969799100\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 92 & 93 & 93 & 94 & 94 & 95 \\ 95 & 96 & 96 & 97 & 99 & 100 \end{array}
9596969799100\begin{array} { l l l l l l } 95 & 96 & 96 & 97 & 99 & 100 \end{array}
Note: xˉ=82.4\bar { x } = 82.4 and s=19.5s = 19.5


A) (i) Use Chebychev's rule to obtain a lower bound on the percentage of observations that lie within 2 standard deviations to either side of the mean.
(ii) Use the data to obtain the exact percentage of observations that lie within <b>< b > standard deviations to either side of the mean. Compare this answer with part (i) .
(i) Chebychev's rules says that 75%75 \% of the data values will lie between 82.42(19.5) 82.4 - 2 ( 19.5 ) and 82.4+2(19.5) 82.4 + 2 ( 19.5 ) , or between 43.443.4 and 121.4121.4 ;
(ii) 26 of the thirty observations (87\%) lie within the interval 43.443.4 to 121.4121.4 . "At least 75%75 \% " means 75%75 \% or more, and 87%87 \% is more than 75%75 \% , so Chebychev's rule does apply to these data.
B) (i) Chebychev's rules says that 75%75 \% of the data values will lie between 82.42(19.5) 82.4 - 2 ( 19.5 ) and 82.4+2(19.5) 82.4 + 2 ( 19.5 ) , or between 40.440.4 and 123.4123.4 ;
(ii) 27 of the thirty observations ( 90%90 \% ) lie within the interval 40.440.4 to 123.4123.4 . "At least 75%75 \% " means 75%75 \% or more, and 90%90 \% is more than 75%75 \% , so Chebychev's rule does apply to these data.
C) (i) Chebychev's rules says that 75%75 \% of the data values will lie between 82.42(19.5) 82.4 - 2 ( 19.5 ) and 82.4+2(19.5) 82.4 + 2 ( 19.5 ) , or between 43.443.4 and 121.4121.4 ;
(ii) 28 of the thirty observations ( 93%93 \% ) lie within the interval 43.443.4 to 121.4121.4 . "At least 75%"75 \% " means 75%75 \% or more, and 93%93 \% is more than 75%75 \% , so Chebychev's rule does apply to these data.
D) (i) Chebychev's rules says that 75%75 \% of the data values will lie between 82.42(19.5) 82.4 - 2 ( 19.5 ) and 82.4+2(19.5) 82.4 + 2 ( 19.5 ) , or between 53.453.4 and 116.4116.4 ;
(ii) 28 of the thirty observations ( 93%93 \% ) lie within the interval 53.453.4 to 116.4116.4 . "At least 75%75 \% " means 75%75 \% or more, and 93%93 \% is more than 75%75 \% , so Chebychev's rule does apply to these data.

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