Compute the mean number of speeding-related

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The U.S. Department of Transportation reported the number of speeding-related crash fatalities for the 20 days of the year that had the highest number of these fatalities between 1994 and 2003 (Traffic Safety Facts, July 2005).

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a. Compute the mean number of speeding-related fatalities for these 20 days.

b. Compute the median number of speeding-related fatalities for these 20 days.

c. Explain why it is not reasonable to generalize from this sample of 20 days to the other 345 days of the year.

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