document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=275880>Question 275880</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 59. In 1991, students from countries around the world took the International Assessment of Educational Progress test. The following table gives the average mathematics scores for 15 countries, along with the number of days that students in each country spend in school each year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Make a conjecture about the relationship between the World Almanac Books, 2002.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "country’s mathematics score and the number of days spent in school.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Test your conjecture by using a box plot to compare students who spend 190 days or fewer in school with those who spend more than 190 days in school.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) Explain how your graph supports or disproves your conjecture.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Country     Days of School                              Math Score<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Canada         188                                             62<BR>\n" );
document.write( "France         174                                             64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hungary        177                                             68<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ireland        173                                            61<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Israel         215                                            63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Italy          204                                            64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jordan         191                                            40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Korea          222                                            73<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Scotland       191                                              61<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slovenia       190                                              57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Soviet Union   198                                             70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Spain          188                                             55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Switzerland    207                                             71<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Taiwan         222                                             73<BR>\n" );
document.write( "United States  178                                              55\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(d) Draw a scatterplot for the data and see if there seems<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to be a correlation between mathematics scores and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "days in school. Is this the same message your box plot<BR>\n" );
document.write( "gave you? Which plot would you use to support your<BR>\n" );
document.write( "conjecture<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
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