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3 1 Describing Variation
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Stem-and-Leaf Display
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Group values of the variable into bins, then count the number of
observations that fall into each bin
Plot frequency (or relative frequency) versus the values of the
variable
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Probability Distributions
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Sometimes called a
probability mass function
Sometimes called a
probability density function
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The mean is not necessarily the 50th percentile of the distribution (thats
(that s
the median)
The mean is not necessarily the most likely value of the random variable
(thatss the mode)
(that
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When = 1,
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1 th
the
Weibull reduces to
the exponential
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3 4 Probability Plots
3.4
Determining if a sample of data might reasonably be
assumed to come from a specific distribution
Probabilityy plots
p
are available for various
distributions
p
software
Easyy to construct with computer
(MINITAB)
Subjective interpretation
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