Violent crimes include rape, robbery, assault, and homicide. The following is a summary of the violent-crime rate

Question:

Violent crimes include rape, robbery, assault, and homicide. The following is a summary of the violent-crime rate (violent crimes per 100,000 population) for all 50 states in the United States plus Washington, D.C., in 2009.

(a) Provide an interpretation of these results.
(b) Determine and interpret the interquartile range.
(c) The violent-crime rate in Washington, D.C., in 2009 was 1345.9. Would this be an outlier?
(d) Do you believe that the distribution of violent-crime rates is skewed or symmetric? Why?

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