13.9 Quick review questions

A study of fulmars (a type of seabird) (Furness and Bryant 1996) explored the metabolic rate of the birds. The mass of the female birds were (in grams): 635; 635; 668; 640; 645; 635

1. From your calculator, the sample mean is
   643g 637.5g 655g 635g We do not know
2. From your calculator, the sample standard deviation is
   11.762g 12.884g 8.75g We do not know
3. The sample median is
   643g 637.5g 655g 635g We do not know
4. The population standard deviation is
   11.762g 12.884g 8.75g We do not know

References

Furness RW, Bryant DM. Effect of wind on field metabolic rates of breeding northern fulmars. Ecology. Wiley Online Library; 1996;77(4):1181–8.

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