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ezto.mheducation.c UANTITATIVE SS ANALYSIS The American Society of PerlAnesthesi

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ezto.mheducation.c UANTITATIVE SS ANALYSIS The American Society of PerlAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN: www.aspan.org) ls a national organization serving nurses practicing In ambulatory surgery, preanesthesla, and postanesthesla care. The organization consists of 40 components listed below 95 399 Maryland, Delaware, DC Connecticut 239 Georgia Hawall 73 Minnesota, Dakotas Missourl, Kansas Mississipp 97 282 115 North Carolina New Jersey, Bermuda Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington New York Ohio 708 891 708 68 562 270 Arkansas Indiana 258 411 480 1,165 Louisiana Massachusetts California New Mexico Pennsylvania Rhode Island Coloradco South Carolina Texas Tennessee 575 237 1026 167 414 New Hampshire Wisconsin West Virginia 144 311 62

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

Minitab used.

Stat---- Basic statistics -----Display Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics: Membership

Statistics

Variable

N

N*

Mean

SE Mean

StDev

Variance

CoefVar

Minimum

Q1

Median

Q3

Membership

40

0

348.5

43.9

277.4

76967.5

79.61

53.0

108.3

276.0

527.5

Variable

Maximum

IQR

Skewness

Kurtosis

Membership

1165.0

419.3

1.17

1.07

Mean : 348.5

Median: 276

Standard deviation: 277.4

Coefficient of skewness: 1.17

Mild positive skewness

First quartile: 108

Third quartile: 528

Are there any outliers: 1

Limits for outliers:   limit: -521 to 1156

Lower limit for outlier = Q1-1.5*IQR = 108.3-1.5*419.3 = -520.65

Higher limit for outlier = Q3+1.5*IQR =527.5+1.5*419.3 =1156.45

Also for reference, Excel Addon Megastat output given below:

Descriptive statistics

Membership

count

40

mean

348.50

sample standard deviation

277.43

sample variance

76,967.54

minimum

53

maximum

1165

range

1112

skewness

1.17

kurtosis

1.07

coefficient of variation (CV)

79.61%

1st quartile

112.75

median

276.00

3rd quartile

520.50

interquartile range

407.75

mode

708.00

low extremes

0

low outliers

0

high outliers

1

high extremes

0

Variable

N

N*

Mean

SE Mean

StDev

Variance

CoefVar

Minimum

Q1

Median

Q3

Membership

40

0

348.5

43.9

277.4

76967.5

79.61

53.0

108.3

276.0

527.5