Descriptive Statistics: Weight, Gas Mileage City, Gas Mileage Highway Variable M
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Question
Descriptive Statistics: Weight, Gas Mileage City, Gas Mileage Highway
Variable Mean StDev Median Range Skewness Kurtosis
Weight 3359 1019 3358 5463 1.03 3.76
Gas Mileage City 24.93 7.25 25.00 38.00 1.50 4.78
Gas Mileage Highway 32.97 6.26 34.00 30.00 -0.23 0.42
QUESTION USING DATA ABOVE:
Decide not only whether the data are symmetric or skewed, but whether the data are sufficiently symmetric to make the assumption of normality. Give your reasoning as well as stating your decision about the shape of the data.
**Please use as much wording as possible. Thanks
Explanation / Answer
Gas Mileage Highway is symmetric and it is normal because, the mean, median and rage are similar and it is more that mesokurtic because the kurtosis aproximily 0.
Gas Milage City Gas Mileage Highway is symmetric and it is normal because the mean, median and rage are similar and it is leptokurtic because the kurtosis>0.
Weight is is symmetric and it is normal because the mean, median and rage are similar ans it is leptokurtic because the kurtosis>0