The % by Weight of the Element Antimony Was Calculated

question 10

Essay

The % by weight of the element Antimony was calculated for the coins from a mint in Rome. ​ (a) Under what circumstances should one consider using a trimmed mean as a description of the center of a distribution? (b) Does the Antimony data exhibit the characteristic(s) that suggest a trimmed mean is the appropriate statistic to calculate? Explain.

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