Chapter 3, Problem 86CRE

Eating Out, Again College student Jacqueline Loya asked 50 employed students how many times they went out to eat last week. Half of the students had full-time jobs and half had pan-time jobs.

$\begin{array}{l}\text{Full-time}:5,3,4,4,4,2,1,5,6,5,6,3,3,2,4,5,2,3,7,5,5,1,4,6,7\\ \\ \text{Part-time}:1,1,5,1,4,2,2,3,3,2,3,2,4,2,1,2,3,2,1,3,3,2,4,2,1\end{array}$

a. Using the median values. write a sentence comparing the typical numbers of times the two groups ate out.

b. Using the interquartile ranges, write a sentence comparing the variability of these two groups.