Referring to the sentence lengths given in Problem 14, calculate the deviations (from the mean) for each of the five convicts. What do these deviations indicate about the sentence lengths received by the convicts?
What would be an ideal response?
Sentence lengths: 4, 5, 3, 3, 40
55
5
11
X
X
N
= = =
?
Deviation = X X ?
4; deviation 4 11 7
5; deviation 5 11 6
3; deviation 3 11 8
3; deviation 3 11 8
40; deviation 40 11 29
X X X X X
= = ? = ?
= = ? = ?
= = ? = ?
= = ? = ?
= = ? = +
These deviations indicate that the distribution is highly skewed.
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