Introductory Statistics (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321978271
Author: Robert Gould, Colleen N. Ryan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 56SE
Property Crime Rates The boxplot shows the property crime rate per 100,000 residents in the 50 states. The outlier is Delaware. The regions are the Midwest (MW). Northeast (NE), South (S), and West (W).
a. List the approximate
b. List the regions from lowest to highest
c. Why is the interquartile range a better measure of the variability for these data than the range is?
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