The following data give the heights in centimeters of a group of people. Height in centimeters 178 | 157 152 171 171 149 158 | 166 150 144 167 152 175 153 182 162 152 165 167 166 154 170 154| 162 190 166 156 180 153 166 157 184 161 161 159 152 (a) Construct a stem-and-leaf graph for the given data. (b) Draw a table with the relative frequencies and cumulative frequencies (in percentages) for all class intervals. (c) Construct a histogram for the given data, showing relative frequencies as percentages on the y (vertical) axis. (d) Draw a cumulative frequency polygon for the data. (e) Comment on the skewness of the data.

The following data give the heights in centimeters of a group of people. Height in centimeters 178 | 157 152 171 171 149 158 | 166 150 144 167 152 175 153 182 162 152 165 167 166 154 170 154| 162 190 166 156 180 153 166 157 184 161 161 159 152 (a) Construct a stem-and-leaf graph for the given data. (b) Draw a table with the relative frequencies and cumulative frequencies (in percentages) for all class intervals. (c) Construct a histogram for the given data, showing relative frequencies as percentages on the y (vertical) axis. (d) Draw a cumulative frequency polygon for the data. (e) Comment on the skewness of the data.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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