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Analysis of several plant-food preparations for potassium ion yielded the following data:S...

Analysis of several plant-food preparations for potassium ion yielded the following data:

Sample

Percent K+

1

6.02, 6.04, 5.88, 6.06, 5.82

2

7.48, 7.47, 7.29

3

3.90, 3.96, 4.16, 3.96

4

4.48, 4.65, 4.68, 4.42

5

5.29, 5.13, 5.14, 5.28, 5.20

The preparations were randomly drawn from the same population.

(a) Find the mean and standard deviation s for each sample.

(b) Obtain the pooled value spooled.

(c) Why is spooled a better estimate of s than the standard deviation from any one sample?

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