Students in a fitness class each completed a one-mile walk or run. The list shows the time it took each person to complete the m
ile. Each time is rounded to the nearest half-minute. 5.5, 6, 7, 10, 7.5, 8, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7, 7.5, 6, 6.5, 5.5 Which statements are true about a histogram with one-minute increments representing the data? Check all that apply. A histogram will show that the mean time is approximately equal to the median time of 7.5 minutes. The histogram will have a shape that is left-skewed. The histogram will show that the mean time is greater than the median time of 7.4 minutes. The shape of the histogram can be approximated with a normal curve. The histogram will show that most of the data is centered between 6 minutes and 9 minutes. ITS A, D, E, I JUST TOOK THE QUIZ!!!
The histogram is especially useful in comparing mean and median values of a variable. We have that 5.5+6+7+10+7.5+8+9.5+9+8.5+8+7+7.5+6+6.5+5.5=111.5 Since there are 15 values, their mean is 111.5/15=7.43 which is very close to the mean. We also have that 7 onservations are lower than 7.4 while 8 are bigger than 7.4; hence, the diagram is rather balanced and not left-skewed. We cannot tell immediately which one is larger since the values are too close. Any such random process can usually be approximated to a greater or smaller degree by a normal curve; the more points, the better. The histogram shows this (it is kind of a discrete normal curve); all points except 4 will be in this interval of bars.
