Below are the percentages of the popular vote won by the successful candidate in each of the presidential elections from 1948 to 2016:   Year Percent Year Percent 1948 50 1984 59 1952 55 1988 54 1956 57 1992 43 1960 50 1996 49 1964 61 2000 48 1968 43 2004 51 1972 61 2008 53 1976 50 2012 51 1980 51 2016 46   (1) Call an election a landslide if the winner’s percent falls AT or ABOVE the third quartile value. Which elections were landslides? (answer with the specific years.   (2.) Interpret the graph. What do the summary and graph tell you about the election results. State two conclusions in the context of the problem. You should use specific percentiles in your statements. For example (you may not use this one as one of your answers) 25% of the elections from 1948 to 2016 were won with 49% of the popular vote or less.

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  1. Below are the percentages of the popular vote won by the successful candidate in each of the presidential elections from 1948 to 2016:

 

Year

Percent

Year

Percent

1948

50

1984

59

1952

55

1988

54

1956

57

1992

43

1960

50

1996

49

1964

61

2000

48

1968

43

2004

51

1972

61

2008

53

1976

50

2012

51

1980

51

2016

46

 

  1. (1) Call an election a landslide if the winner’s percent falls AT or ABOVE the third quartile value. Which elections were landslides? (answer with the specific years.

 

(2.) Interpret the graph. What do the summary and graph tell you about the election results. State two conclusions in the context of the problem. You should use specific percentiles in your statements. For example (you may not use this one as one of your answers) 25% of the elections from 1948 to 2016 were won with 49% of the popular vote or less.

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