15. What’s Normal? The 37.0-degree standard for human body temperature was derived by a German doctor in 1868. To check this claim, Allen Shoemaker22 recorded the body temperatures of 130 healthy people. The relative frequency histogram of these data follows.

a. Describe the shape of the distribution of temperatures.

b. Are there any unusual observations? Can you think of any explanation for these?

c. Locate the 37.0-degree standard on the horizontal axis of the graph. Does it appear to be near the center of the distribution?

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Relative Frequency 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.05 0 37.0 37.4 37.8 38.2 38.6 39.0 Temperature