Job Rating Metro Area Index 1 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 89.1 2 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 88.9 3 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 82.1 4 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 80.7 5 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 80.6 6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 7 Northern Virginia, VA 74.1 73.8 8 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro- Franklin, TN 73.1 9 New York City, NY 72.6 10 Philadelphia City, PA 71.9 11 Pittsburgh, PA 71.7 12 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 13 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 70.7 70.4 14 Raleigh-Cary, NC 15 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan 67.8 Division 67.8 16 Rochester, NY 66.7 17 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 65.5 18 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 64.7 19 Columbus, OH 64.3 20 Salt Lake City, UT 64.2

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Boomtowns 2011 In 2011, the website NewGeography
.com listed its ranking of the best cities for job growth in
the United States. Here are the magazine’s top 20 larger
cites, along with their weighted job rating indices.Make a suitable display of the job rating indices.
b) Summarize the typical job rating index among
these cities with a median and mean. Why do
they differ?
c) Given what you know about the distribution, which of
the measures in b) does the better job of summarizing
the job rating indices? Why?
d) Summarize the spread of the job rating indices
distribution with a standard deviation and with
an IQR.

Job Rating
Metro Area
Index
1 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
89.1
2 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA
88.9
3 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
82.1
4 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
80.7
5 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan
Division
80.6
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,
DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
7 Northern Virginia, VA
74.1
73.8
8 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-
Franklin, TN
73.1
9 New York City, NY
72.6
10 Philadelphia City, PA
71.9
11 Pittsburgh, PA
71.7
12 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD
Metropolitan Division
13 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA
Division
70.7
70.4
14 Raleigh-Cary, NC
15 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan
67.8
Division
67.8
16 Rochester, NY
66.7
17 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan
Division
65.5
18 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
64.7
19 Columbus, OH
64.3
20 Salt Lake City, UT
64.2
Transcribed Image Text:Job Rating Metro Area Index 1 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 89.1 2 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 88.9 3 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 82.1 4 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 80.7 5 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 80.6 6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 7 Northern Virginia, VA 74.1 73.8 8 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro- Franklin, TN 73.1 9 New York City, NY 72.6 10 Philadelphia City, PA 71.9 11 Pittsburgh, PA 71.7 12 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 13 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 70.7 70.4 14 Raleigh-Cary, NC 15 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan 67.8 Division 67.8 16 Rochester, NY 66.7 17 Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 65.5 18 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 64.7 19 Columbus, OH 64.3 20 Salt Lake City, UT 64.2
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