Question
Luna is a reliability engineer for a computer parts manufacturer. Her engineering team tracks customer survey data on hard drive failures. This histogram shows the distribution of the time until failure of a hard drive.
Complete the sentences.
The distribution of the time until failure of a hard drive is best described as
. So, the
are both appropriate measures of variation.
Complete the sentences.
The distribution of the time until failure of a hard drive is best described as
. So, the
are both appropriate measures of variation.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The distribution of the time until failure of a hard drive is best described as **skewed** (assuming that the histogram does not follow a normal distribution, which is often the case with failure times). So, the **mean and median** are both appropriate measures of variation.
(Note: Depending on the specific shape of the histogram, the terms used might vary; for example, if it’s more bell-shaped, you might say "normal," but "skewed" fits many failure time distributions.)
(Note: Depending on the specific shape of the histogram, the terms used might vary; for example, if it’s more bell-shaped, you might say "normal," but "skewed" fits many failure time distributions.)