The times (in seconds) between fifteen consecutive eruptions of a geyser were as follows:
878, 871, 906, 933, 930, 852, 890, 861, 882, 888, 897, 899, 879, 888, 848
By entering the data into R, find the following (giving answers to two decimal places):
Part a) The sample mean is (\({\rm sec}\)).
Part b) The sample variance is (\({\rm sec}^{2}\)).
Part c) The sample median is (\({\rm sec}\)).
Part d) The sample IQR is (\({\rm sec}\)).
Part e) Which of the following is a boxplot of the data?
- A
- B
- C
- D
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| A | B |
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| C | D |
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