Energy Consumption. Refer to Table 16, which shows the per capita energy consumption (watts per person) for samples of countries on three continents for Exercises 75–78.
Table 3.61: Table 16 Per capita energy consumption for three samples of countries
| Asia | Europe | North America |
|---|---|---|
| China 447 | Germany 861 | USA 1402 |
| Japan 774 | France 804 | Canada 1871 |
| South Korea 1038 | United Kingdom 622 | Mexico 131 |
Table 3.61: Source: The World Factbook.
Question 3.191
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78. Now suppose we omit Mexico from the data.
- Without recalculating them, describe how this would affect the values of the measures of spread you found for the North American countries.
- Now recalculate the three measures of spread for the North American countries. Was your judgment in (a) supported?