Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach

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ISBN: 9781259755330

Author: Allan G. Bluman

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Teacher Strikes In Pennsylvania there were more teacher strikes in 2004 than there were in all other states combined. Because of the disruptions, state legislators want to pass a bill outlawing teacher strikes and submitting contract disputes to binding arbitration. The graph shows the number of teacher strikes in Pennsylvania for the school years 1997 to 2011. Use the graph to answer these questions.

a. In what year did the largest number of strikes occur? How many were there?

b. In what year did the smallest number of teacher strikes occur? How many were there?

c. In what year was the average duration of the strikes the longest? How long was it?

d. In what year was the average duration of the strikes the shortest? How long was it?

e. In what year was the number of teacher strikes the same as the average duration of the strikes?

f. Find the difference in the number of strikes for the school years 1997–1998 and 2010–2011.

g. Do you think teacher strikes should be outlawed? Justify your conclusions.

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