Computer output giving descriptive statistics for the percent of the population that is obese for each of the 50 US states, from the USStates dataset, is given in the table below. Descriptive Statistics: Obese Variable N N* Mean SE Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum Obese 50 0 28.766 0.476 3.369 21.300 26.375 29.400 31.150 35.100 Percent of the population that is obese by state   (a) What is the five number summary? The five number summary is (         (b) Give the range and the IQR. The range is . The IQR is .   (c) What can we conclude from the five number summary about the location of the 30th percentile? The 65th percentile? The location of the 30th percentile is between  and . The location of the 65th percentile is between  and .

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Computer output giving descriptive statistics for the percent of the population that is obese for each of the 50 US states, from the USStates dataset, is given in the table below.

Descriptive Statistics: Obese
Variable N N* Mean SE Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum
Obese 50 0 28.766 0.476 3.369 21.300 26.375 29.400 31.150 35.100

Percent of the population that is obese by state
 

(a) What is the five number summary?

The five number summary is

(
 
 
 

 

(b) Give the range and the IQR.

The range is .

The IQR is .

 

(c) What can we conclude from the five number summary about the location of the 30th percentile? The 65th percentile?



The location of the 30th percentile is between  and .

The location of the 65th percentile is between  and .

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