Statistics Through Applications
Statistics Through Applications
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ISBN: 9781429219747
Author: Daren S. Starnes, David Moore, Dan Yates
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 2.26E
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To construct: stem plot on the basis of given data and describe the shape, centre, spread of the distribution and about the outliers.

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166.5 170 178 163 150.5 169 173 169 171 166 190 183 178 161

171 170 191 168.5 178.5 173 175 160.5 166 164 163 174 160 174

182 167 166 170 170 181 171.5 160 178 157 165 187 168 157.5

145.5 156 182 168.5 177 162.5 160.5 185.5

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  Statistics Through Applications, Chapter 2.1, Problem 2.26E

By seeing the stem plot centre is at 169.25 and 1st quartile and 3rd quartile are 163.25 and 176.5 respectively. Inter quartile range is 13.25 and the minimum and maximum values are 145.5 and 191 respectively so the spread of the data is between 14.5 and 191 and the mode which is 170 because of highest frequency of the number. There is no outlier and distribution is slightly positive skewed or right skewed which looking forth.

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