On September 29, 2005, John Roberts was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the United States. Since the court's inception in 1789, 17 men have served as chief justice of the Supreme Court, including Justice Roberts. The previous 16 chief justices are listed in the table below, along with the length of their tenure (in days). This data is from the Web site of the Supreme Court (www.supremecourtus.gov).
Compute each of the following summary statistics. Use the Sample standard deviation (not the population std.dev.).
| chief justice | tenure |
| John Jay | 2079 |
| John Rutledge | 125 |
| Oliver Ellsworth | 1742 |
| John Marshall | 12542 |
| Roger B. Taney | 10425 |
| Salmon P. Chase | 3065 |
| Morrison R. Waite | 5133 |
| Melville W. Fuller | 7938 |
| Edward D. White | 3804 |
| William Howard Taft | 3129 |
| Charles E. Hughes | 4144 |
| Harlan F. Stone | 1754 |
| Frederick M. Vinson | 2633 |
| Earl Warren | 5740 |
| Warren E. Burger | 6304 |
| William H. Rehnquist | 6917 |
Compute each of the following summary statistics. Use the Sample standard deviation (not the population std.dev.).
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Round your answers to the nearest day.
median = days
mean = days
standard deviation = days