Understanding Basic Statistics
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781305254060
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 6P
(a)
To determine
To graph: A stem-and-leaf plot for the first-round scores.
(b)
To determine
To graph: A stem-and-leaf plot for fourth-round scores.
(c)
To determine
To explain: Comparison of two distributions.
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