Look again at the histogram of men’s neck sizes in Exercise 60.

a) Is the mean closer to 14, 15, or 16 inches? Why?
b) Is the standard deviation closer to 1 inch, 3 inches, or 5 inches? Explain.

Data From Exercise 60

The histogram shows the neck sizes (in inches) of the 250 men recruited for the health study in Utah from Exercise 9.

Which summary statistics would you choose to summarize the center and spread in these data? Why?

Data From Exercise 9

A study of body fat on 250 men collected measurements of 12 body parts as well as the percentage of body fat that the men carried. Here is a dotplot of their bicep circumferences (in inches). What does the dotplot say about the distribution of the size of men’s biceps?

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No. of Men 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 12 13 14 15 Neck Size (inches) 16 17