INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS (LOOSELEAF)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780135163146
Author: Gould
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 31SE
Tax Rate A StatCrunch survey asked people what they thought the maximum income tax rate should be in the United States. Make separate dotplots of the responses from Republicans and Democrats. If possible, put one above the other, using the same horizontal axis. Then compare the groups by commenting on the shape, the center, and the spread of each distribution. The data are at this text’s website. (Source: StatCrunch Survey: Responses to Taxes in the U.S. Owner: scsurvey)
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