A group of fish specialists are trying to gain information about the population of trout in a particular lake. They catch and release 16 fish on a single day and record their lengths in centimeters 41 46 32 37 56 28 31 34 53 42 39 41 43 48 27 45 a. Make a histogram of these data using a bin width of 5. Be sure to label your axes and include scales. b. Report the mean, standard deviation, five-number summary and interquartile range of these data. (Note: You can use technology to find these values! Take a look at the Supplemental Readings in the "Readings, Videos.. for Week 2" page for some help with the technology.)

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A group of fish specialists are trying to gain information about the population of trout in
a particular lake. They catch and release 16 fish on a single day and record their lengths
in centimeters
41 46 32 37 56 28 31 34
53 42 39 41 43 48 27 45
a. Make a histogram of these data using a bin width of 5. Be sure to label your axes
and include scales.
b. Report the mean, standard deviation, five-number summary and interquartile
range of these data. (Note: You can use technology to find these values! Take a
look at the Supplemental Readings in the "Readings, Videos.. for Week 2" page
for some help with the technology.)
Transcribed Image Text:A group of fish specialists are trying to gain information about the population of trout in a particular lake. They catch and release 16 fish on a single day and record their lengths in centimeters 41 46 32 37 56 28 31 34 53 42 39 41 43 48 27 45 a. Make a histogram of these data using a bin width of 5. Be sure to label your axes and include scales. b. Report the mean, standard deviation, five-number summary and interquartile range of these data. (Note: You can use technology to find these values! Take a look at the Supplemental Readings in the "Readings, Videos.. for Week 2" page for some help with the technology.)
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a. Histogram:

Step-by-step procedure to obtain class interval table using Excel:

  • Select the data and go to Insert > PivotTable.
  • In Table/Range, select the data.
  • Click OK.
  • In PivotTable Fields, move score to rows.
  • Select a score from Row Labels.
  • Select
  • In Starting at, enter
  • In Ending at, enter
  • In By, enter

The output is given as follows:

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The histogram for the above table is drawn as shown below:

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