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c. Consider the population of the following 20 Latin American countries in 1986 (in
millions) which altogether contained 387.6 million people):
Brasil
143
Mexico
82
Argentina 31
Columbia 30
Peru
20
Venezuela 18
12
Chile
Ecuador
10
Guatemala 9
Bolivia
6
El Salvador 5
Honduras
5
Paraguay 4
Uruguay
3
Nicaragua
3
3
2
1
0.4
0.2
Costa Rica
Panama
Guyana
Surinam
Belize
a. Find the median, and the upper and lower quartiles of the population variable.
b. Draw the box plot.
c. Would you describe the data set as symmetric or skewed? Where would you expect to
find the mean, in relation to the median?
d. Compute the mean population, and check if your conjecture from part c is confirmed.
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Transcribed Image Text:c. Consider the population of the following 20 Latin American countries in 1986 (in millions) which altogether contained 387.6 million people): Brasil 143 Mexico 82 Argentina 31 Columbia 30 Peru 20 Venezuela 18 12 Chile Ecuador 10 Guatemala 9 Bolivia 6 El Salvador 5 Honduras 5 Paraguay 4 Uruguay 3 Nicaragua 3 3 2 1 0.4 0.2 Costa Rica Panama Guyana Surinam Belize a. Find the median, and the upper and lower quartiles of the population variable. b. Draw the box plot. c. Would you describe the data set as symmetric or skewed? Where would you expect to find the mean, in relation to the median? d. Compute the mean population, and check if your conjecture from part c is confirmed.
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