STEP 1

The data set contains6quantitativevariables, 1 categorical variable andtwofactors(Genderand Ranking).The possible variable names are shown below this paragraph. They have no meaning so do not try to base any analysis on what the variable means.

You willhave to createhistograms and descriptive statistics for the6quantitativevariables.Do not do statistical analyses on the factors.In this step you must review these descriptive statistics andgraphics to decide if you can analyze the data provided.This requires application of the empirical rule.Based on this analysis, you must decide whether or not to use each variable in your analysis. It is expected that youmay drop a variable after this step because you do not think it can be analyzed.In order to drop a variable,you must explain why it is a problemin statistical terms.Refer to slides or the book to develop your argument.(You may not drop"Job"or"Looking"and you should not analyze Element,GenderorRank). For the remaining variables,indicatewhy you believe they can reasonably be analyzed using descriptive statistics.Look in Chapter 7 regarding the Central Limit Theorem.

Question 2 - Which variable do you think should be dropped?

OWL

FOX

LION

DOG

SEAL

MAN

Question 3 - What is the justification for dropping this variable?

What are the reasons to drop this variable from the data set?You must support this using information from the text regarding the shape of the distribution and the sample size.