Introduction to Probability and Statistics
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781133103752
Author: Mendenhall, William
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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(a)
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To describe the shape of the data for the percentage of the popular vote by given in the question.
(b)
To determine
To construct the relative histogram to describe the percentage of the popular vote for president Obama and also describe the shape for the distribution and look for outliers and also confirm your answer to part (a).
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Introduction to Probability and Statistics
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