Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780134683416
Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.2.17RE
In Exercises 17 and 18, use the table, which shows the numbers of students from American Bar Association approved law schools who took the Bar Examination for the first time in a recent year and the numbers of students who repeated the exam that year. (Source: National Conference of Bar Examiners)
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Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
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