Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
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ISBN: 9780134494142
Author: Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 44E
This exercise refers to the distribution of the math quiz scores shown in Table 15-22 (Exercise 32 and 38).
a. Find the five number summary of the data set.
b. Draw a box plot of the data set.
Table 15-22
Score | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Relative frequency | 8% | 12% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 14% | 12% |
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