Homework Help: STAT.

Posted by HELPPPPP on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 12:11pm.

The average weight of a group of people is 156 pounds and the SD is 25 pounds. A statistician wants to transform the weights so that the transformed weights have an average of 100 pounds and an SD of 10 pounds. Fill in the blanks; both blanks must be filled in correctly for credit.

Note: the first blank corresponds to the higher entry box; the second blank corresponds to the lower entry box.

One way for the statistician to get the transformation that she wants is to multiply all the weights by _____________, and then add _____________ to the resulting values.

STAT. - khudari, Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 4:18pm
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