Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073401331
Author: William Navidi Prof.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 11E
The following table presents the number of students absent in a middle school in northwestern Montana for each school day in January 2008.
| Date | Number Absent |
Date | Number Absent |
Date | Number Absent |
| Jan. 2 | 65 | Jan. 14 | 59 | Jan. 23 | 42 |
| Jan. 3 | 67 | Jan. 15 | 49 | Jan. 24 | 45 |
| Jan. 4 | 71 | Jan. 16 | 42 | Jan. 25 | 46 |
| Jan. 7 | 57 | Jan. 17 | 56 | Jan. 28 | 100 |
| Jan. 8 | 51 | Jan. 18 | 45 | Jan. 29 | 59 |
| Jan. 9 | 49 | Jan. 21 | 77 | Jan. 30 | 53 |
| Jan. 10 | 44 | Jan. 22 | 44 | Jan. 31 | 51 |
| Jan. 11 | 41 |
- a. Construct a boxplot.
- b. There was a snowstorm on January 27. Was the number of absences the next day an outlier?
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