Boston Rainfall. The daily rainfall amounts (in inches) for Boston in a recent year consist of 365 values with these properties:
The mean daily rainfall amount is 0.083 inch.
The median of the daily rainfall amount is 0 inches.
The minimum daily rainfall amount is 0 inches and the maximum is 1.48 inches.
a. How is it possible that the minimum of the 365 values is 0 inches and the median is also 0 inches?
b. Describe the distribution as symmetric, left-skewed or right-skewed.
c. Can you determine the exact number of days that it rained? Can you conclude anything about the number of days that it rained? Explain.