Statistics Problems - 10

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7. Award: 0.20 points    

The following values are the starting salaries, in $000, for a sample of five accounting graduates who accepted positions in public accounting last year.

36.0 26.0 33.0 28.0 31.0

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a. Determine the mean, median, and the standard deviation. (Round your answers to 2 decimal

places.)

Mean

Median

Standard deviation

b. Determine the coefficient of skewness using Pearson’s method. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Coefficient of skewness

c. Determine the coefficient of skewness using the software method. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

Coefficient of skewness

References

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Worksheet Difficulty: 2 Intermediate

Learning Objective: 04-05 Compute and interpret the coefficient of skewness.