Chapter 1.3, Problem 105E

To determine

To find: whether the women have better study habits and attitudes toward learning then men.

Answer to Problem 105E

The data supports the given belief

Explanation of Solution

Calculation:

Create boxplots of the two data sets

The outliers are represented by an X. The whiskers of the boxplot are at the minimum and maximum value. The box starts at the first quartile, ends at the third quartile and has a vertical line at the median.

The first quartile is at 25% of the sorted data list, the median at 50% and the third quartile at 75%

College women are the top boxplot, while College men are the bottom boxplot.

  

The belief that women have better study habits and attitudes toward learning than men is supported, because the median of women is much higher than the median of men.

Conclusion:

Therefore, the women have better study habits and attitudes toward learning then men.