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3.12 points ebookhintprintreferencescheck my workcheck my work button is now disableditem 7 the accompanying data set contains three variables, x1, x2, and x3. picture click here for the excel data file a. bin the values of x1 into 3 equal size groups. label the groups with numbers 1 (lowest values) to 3 (highest values). how many observations are assigned to group 2?

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Answer: To bin the values of x1 into 3 equal size groups and label them with numbers 1 to 3, you can follow these steps in Excel:

Explanation:

Select the range of values in the x1 column.

Go to the Data tab and click on the Data Analysis button (if you don't see this option, you may need to install the Analysis ToolPak add-in).

In the Data Analysis dialog box, select the Histogram option and click OK.

In the Histogram dialog box, select the input range (the range of values in the x1 column) and the bin range (a separate range where you want the bin values to be displayed).

Set the Number of Bins option to 3 and select the Labels option.

Click OK to generate the histogram.

The resulting histogram should display the frequency of values in each bin, along with the bin labels (1 to 3). To determine how many observations are assigned to group 2, look at the frequency count for bin 2.

Alternatively, you can use the COUNTIF function in Excel to count the number of observations in a specific range. To count the number of observations assigned to group 2 in the x1 column, you can use the following formula:

=COUNTIF(x1_range,"=2")

Replace "x1_range" with the actual range of values in the x1 column. The formula should return the number of observations assigned to group 2.

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