An article contained the following observations on degree of polymerization for paper specimens for which viscosity times concentration fell in a certain middle range: 415 421 422 423 426 429 431 434 436 439 445 446 448 453 455 463 464 (a) Construct a boxplot of the data. O 420 420 430 430 440 440 450 The data appears to be centered near 438. The data is strongly skewed. There is one outlier. 450 Comment on any interesting features. (Select all that apply.) There are no outliers. The data appears to be centered near 428. There is little or no skew. 460 420 420 430 430 (b) Is it plausible that the given sample observations were selected from a normal distribution? Yes No 440 440 450 450 460 460 (c) Calculate a two-sided 95% confidence interval for true average degree of polymerization. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

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An article contained the following observations on degree of polymerization for paper specimens for which viscosity times concentration fell in a certain middle range:
415 421 422 423 426 429 431 434 436
439 445 446 448 453 455 463 464
(a) Construct a boxplot of the data.
O
420
420
430
430
440
440
450
The data appears to be centered near 438.
The data is strongly skewed.
There is one outlier.
450
Comment on any interesting features. (Select all that apply.)
There are no outliers.
The data appears to be centered near 428.
There is little or no skew.
460
420
420
430
430
(b) Is it plausible that the given sample observations were selected from a normal distribution?
Yes
No
440
440
450
450
460
460
(c) Calculate a two-sided 95% confidence interval for true average degree of polymerization. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:An article contained the following observations on degree of polymerization for paper specimens for which viscosity times concentration fell in a certain middle range: 415 421 422 423 426 429 431 434 436 439 445 446 448 453 455 463 464 (a) Construct a boxplot of the data. O 420 420 430 430 440 440 450 The data appears to be centered near 438. The data is strongly skewed. There is one outlier. 450 Comment on any interesting features. (Select all that apply.) There are no outliers. The data appears to be centered near 428. There is little or no skew. 460 420 420 430 430 (b) Is it plausible that the given sample observations were selected from a normal distribution? Yes No 440 440 450 450 460 460 (c) Calculate a two-sided 95% confidence interval for true average degree of polymerization. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
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