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a. Determine the median, and the standard deviation.
b. Determine the coefficient of skewness using Pearson's method.
c. Determine the coefficient of skewness using the software method.

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This solution provides step by step equations for solving mean, median, standard deviation and coefficients with Pearson's method and the software method.

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