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4) Identify any outliers in the re-drawn boxplots. Hint: Use the IQR. Should any of these be deleted? Explain fully.
5) Are the new distributions of thicknesses skewed (specify: left or right), or approximately symmetric?
6) Delete outliers, as appropriate, compute and show the
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