Make a statistical profile of your own statistics class. Items of interest might

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Make a statistical profile of your own statistics class. Items of interest might be any of the following. (a) Height, age, gender, pulse, number of siblings, marital status (b) Number of college credit hours completed (as of beginning of term); grade point average (c) Major; number of credit hours enrolled in this term (d) Number of scheduled hours working per week (e) Distance from residence to first class; time it takes to travel from residence to first class (f) Year, make, and color of car usually driven What directions would you give to people creating these questions? For instance, how accurate should the measurements be? Should age be recorded as of last birthday? (Select all that apply.) 1Commonsense rules should be stated for any numerical answers. 2Questions should be worded in a clear, concise, and unbiased manner. 3Allow some questions to be open for interpretation. 4No questions should be misleading. 5Use vague wording such as "often," "seldom," and "occasionally." 6Since some items might be sensitive information, design a data form that can be filled out anonymously. 7Use leading and biased questions.

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Consider, (a) Height, age, gender, pulse, number of siblings, marital status.

A questionaire should be prepared and given to the class to fill in. The questionaire should include the column of

Since these data have discrete values, special attention should be taken while recording the data as any discrepancy will lead to variation (like Gender or Marital status)

Following directions can be given:-

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