Application of the Empirical Rule - Mississippi Cotton Farmers
Completion requirements
Opened: Friday, 29 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Due: Thursday, 16 September 2021, 2:00 PM
Work 1 - 4 for homework. We will work the others in class.
Use the Miss Cotton Farmers Revised dataset (provided below).
1. Calculate the descriptive statistics and test all four variables for normality. Round the means and standard deviations to their nearest whole numbers.
2. What percentage of the farms in the dataset is greater than 5 acres?
3. What percentage of the farms in the dataset is less than 8 acres?
4. How many cotton acres represent the 84th percentile?
5. How many cotton acres represent the 50th percentile?
6. What percentage of staple cotton bales is between 6 and 8?
7. What percentage of staple cotton bales is between 5 and 8?
8. What percentage of staple cotton bales is between 5 and 7?
9. Can you apply the empirical rule to bales? Why or why not?
Save your work in a word document. You must also include a copy (cut and paste) of your descriptive statistics.