SOLUTION: 1.The five-number summary for scores on a statistics exam is 35, 68, 77, 83, 97. In all, 196 students took the test. About how many had scores between 77 and 83? A. It cannot

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Question 1112224: 1.The five-number summary for scores on a statistics exam is 35, 68, 77, 83, 97. In all,
196 students took the test. About how many had scores between 77 and 83?
A. It cannot be determined from the information given
B. 39
C. 98
D. 49
E. 6

2.One advantage of using a stem-and-leaf plot rather than a histogram is that the stem-and-leaf plot
A. shows the shape of the distribution more easily than the histogram
B. shows the mean on the graph
C. changes easily from frequency to relative frequency
D. shows all of the data on the graph
E. presents the percentage distribution of the data


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Between the third and fourth number is between the median and third quartile or 25% of the students. That would be 25% of 196 or 49.
D
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A stem and leaf shows all of the data. A histogram groups it.
D