Friday, February 12, 2010

Quick true/false question on histograms & standard deviation. Please help!?

When the histogram of a data set is shown to have a normal curve, the standard deviation and interquartile range are usually close to equal.





**I'm not sure about this one, I can't find the answer in my stat book or on the internet so any knowledge would be helpful!Quick true/false question on histograms %26amp; standard deviation. Please help!?
The interquartile range is the 50% of data closest to the mean.





One standard deviation is about the 68% of data that is closest to the mean.





So no, they are unlikely to be the similiar.Quick true/false question on histograms %26amp; standard deviation. Please help!?
the normal curve r guassian curves nd guassian cuves hav standard deviation and interquartile range are equal

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