Business Statistics: A First Course (8th Edition)
Business Statistics: A First Course (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780135177785
Author: David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat, David F. Stephan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.30AC

a.

To determine

To find:The five number summaries of waiting times for each bank branch.

b.

To determine

To graph: The boxplots for the given two sets of data.

To explain: The shapes of the distributions.

d.

To determine

To explain: The similarities and differences between the shapes of the distribution of the given waiting times of two banks.

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