Question:
In 1998, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals set the record for the most home runs hit in a season by hitting 70 home runs. Three years later in 2001, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants broke McGwires record by hitting 73 home runs. The following data represent the distances, in feet, of each players home runs in his record-setting season.
(a) Construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot.
(b) Compare the two populations. What can you conclude from the back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot?
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