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Fill in the blank. For data sets having a distribution that is approximately​ bell-shaped, _______ states that about​ 68% of all data values fall within one standard deviation from the mean

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Empirical Rule

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The Empirical Rule is also known as the Sigma rule or the 68-95-99.7% rule. The rule state that for a given data set, 68% of all data values will fall within the first standard deviation from the mean. The rule also states that 95% of all data values would fall within two standard deviations, while almost all the data which amounts to about 99.7% will fall within three standard deviations.

The empirical rule is used in forecasting based on the given datasets because it is a certainty that after obtaining the standard deviation, data values can be assigned to the categories they fall into, under the Empirical rule.

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