MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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ISBN: 9781119256830
Author: Amos Gilat
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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1. The length of time from the initial exposure to HIV infection to
the diagnosis of AIDS is termed as the incubation period. An
arbitrary dataset for the incubation period of a random selection
of 8 HIV infected patients is presented in the table below:
12.5
11.0
Incubation period (in years)
10.0
6.8
14.0
13.0
7.7
10.8
a. Compute the appropriate measure(s) of central tendency
and address its worthiness.
b. Calculate the measure(s) of dispersion and discuss which
measure is the most appropriate one and why?
What will happen to the sample mean, median, standard
deviation if a particular data point 6.8 above has adjusted to
1.5? Discuss whether it will increase, decrease, or remain
C.
the same.
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Transcribed Image Text:Please answer the following questions: 1. The length of time from the initial exposure to HIV infection to the diagnosis of AIDS is termed as the incubation period. An arbitrary dataset for the incubation period of a random selection of 8 HIV infected patients is presented in the table below: 12.5 11.0 Incubation period (in years) 10.0 6.8 14.0 13.0 7.7 10.8 a. Compute the appropriate measure(s) of central tendency and address its worthiness. b. Calculate the measure(s) of dispersion and discuss which measure is the most appropriate one and why? What will happen to the sample mean, median, standard deviation if a particular data point 6.8 above has adjusted to 1.5? Discuss whether it will increase, decrease, or remain C. the same.
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