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Professional Sport Ticket Prices The following boxplot shows the average ticket price for professional hockey (NHL), football (NFL), basketball (NBA), and baseball (MLB) for the 2017 seasons.
a. Which sport has the most expensive ticket prices? Which sport has the least expensive ticket prices?
b. Compare the ticket prices for professional hockey and basketball. In your comparison, compare the price of a typical ticket, the amount of variation in ticket prices, and the presence of any outliers in the data. (Source: vividtickets.com)
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