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Statisticians: Descriptive Statistics

11/25/07

Statisticians: Descriptive Statistics

19:49:06, Categories: Statistics, Statisticians & Roles, Case Studies

Statistician's Digest: Practice Descriptive Statistics Questions

Question: Two players on the same drill show the following results over a long period of time.

Player A= Mean time of completing the drill (seconds) - 30
...............Standard deviation (seconds) - 6

Player B= Mean time of completing the drill (seconds) - 25
...............Standard deviation (seconds) - 4

...............a. Which player appears to be more consistent in the time he
...................requires to complete the drill?

...............b. Which player appears to be faster in completing the drill?

Answer:
a. Player B appears to be more consistent in the time he requires to complete the
....drill, since he has a smaller variance.

b. Player B appears to be faster in completing the drill, since he has a smaller mean.

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