Suppose a government organization reported the accompanying data on the number of speed-related crash fatalities during holiday periods for the years from 1994 to 2003. Speed-Related Fatalities Year New Years Day Memorial Day July 4th Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas 1994 147 197 178 193 212 152 1995 148 174 219 188 198 129 1996 176 185 202 166 218 66 1997 76 197 179 179 210 183 1998 219 138 169 162 203 134 1999 138 183 178 171 168 191 2000 171 156 219 180 187 155 2001 134 190 64 138 217 210 2002 210 188 234 202 210 60 2003 70 181 184 189 202 198 A USE SALT (a) Calculate the standard deviation for the New Year's Day data. (Round the answer to four decimal places.) (b) Without calculating the standard deviation of the Memorial Day data, determine whether the standard deviation for the Memorial Day data would be larger or smaller than the standard deviation of the New Year's Day data. larger o smaller (c) Memorial Day and Labor Day are holidays that always occur on Monday and Thanksgiving always occurs on a Thursday, whereas New Year's Day, July 4th, and Christmas do not always fall on the same day of the week every year. Based on the given data, is there more or less variability in the speed-related crash fatality numbers from year to year for same day of the week holiday periods than for holidays that can occur on different days of the week? Support your answer with appropriate measures of variability. (Round your answers to four decimal places.) , respectively. The standard deviations for New Year's Day, July 4th, and Christmas Ay than all of the standard deviations for the holidays The standard deviations for Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving are , and respectively. The standard deviations for the same day of the week holidays are all smaller +v variability for the holidays that always occur on the same day of the week. are and that can occur on different days of the week. There is less
Suppose a government organization reported the accompanying data on the number of speed-related crash fatalities during holiday periods for the years from 1994 to 2003. Speed-Related Fatalities Year New Years Day Memorial Day July 4th Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas 1994 147 197 178 193 212 152 1995 148 174 219 188 198 129 1996 176 185 202 166 218 66 1997 76 197 179 179 210 183 1998 219 138 169 162 203 134 1999 138 183 178 171 168 191 2000 171 156 219 180 187 155 2001 134 190 64 138 217 210 2002 210 188 234 202 210 60 2003 70 181 184 189 202 198 A USE SALT (a) Calculate the standard deviation for the New Year's Day data. (Round the answer to four decimal places.) (b) Without calculating the standard deviation of the Memorial Day data, determine whether the standard deviation for the Memorial Day data would be larger or smaller than the standard deviation of the New Year's Day data. larger o smaller (c) Memorial Day and Labor Day are holidays that always occur on Monday and Thanksgiving always occurs on a Thursday, whereas New Year's Day, July 4th, and Christmas do not always fall on the same day of the week every year. Based on the given data, is there more or less variability in the speed-related crash fatality numbers from year to year for same day of the week holiday periods than for holidays that can occur on different days of the week? Support your answer with appropriate measures of variability. (Round your answers to four decimal places.) , respectively. The standard deviations for New Year's Day, July 4th, and Christmas Ay than all of the standard deviations for the holidays The standard deviations for Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving are , and respectively. The standard deviations for the same day of the week holidays are all smaller +v variability for the holidays that always occur on the same day of the week. are and that can occur on different days of the week. There is less
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