Question

The temperature readings of visitors arriving at a hospital are taken before they are allowed to enter. The temperature readings are listed in the table below. Create a histogram of this data. Describe the distribution of this data and explain why the data may be distributed this way. 36.1 ºC 36.3 ºC 36.3 ºC 36.4 ºC 36.5 ºC 36.7 ºC 36.8 ºC 36.9 ºC 36.9 ºC 37.0 ºC 37.0 ºC 37.0 ºC 37.0 ºC 37.1 ºC 37.1 ºC 37.2 ºC 37.5 ºC 37.6 ºC 37.9 ºC 37.1 ºC 37.9 ºC 38.0 ºC 38.1 ºC 38.2 ºC 38.4 ºC 38.4 ºC 38.6 ºC 38.9 ºC 39.2 ºC 39.7 ºC

Answer 1

Using the given data we obtain the following classes along with their frequency distribution as:

Using this frequency distribution, the histogram is obtained here as:

As there is a tail on the right hand side of the plot, this is a right skewed distribution here. The distribution here looks like: