Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 5E
A certain reaction was run several times using each of two catalysts, A and B. The catalysts were supposed to control the yield of an undesirable side product. Results, in units of percentage yield, for 24 runs of catalyst A and 20 runs of catalyst B are as follows:
- a. Construct a histogram for the yields of each catalyst.
- b. Construct comparative boxplots for the yields of the two catalysts.
- c. Using the boxplots, what differences can be seen between the results of the yields of the two catalysts?
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