Assignment 1 - Exploratory Data Analysis I

Circle your lab meeting time:

Monday 9:15	Monday 12:15	Monday 3:15	Wednesday 9:15	Wednesday 12:15

1. List the heights of the male students.

    

    

   List the heights of the female students.

    

    

2. List the means and the S-PLUS code you used to make each calculation.

   variable	mean	code for mean	median	code for median
   All students
   Male students
   Female students

3. A variable from the cereal data set that is skewed to the right is _________________.

   The mean is _______________________________.

   The median is _____________________________.

   For data skewed to the right, the mean is usually (larger/smaller) than the median.