Refer to Exercise 1.51. Listed here is the percentage of the popular vote received by President Bush

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Refer to Exercise 1.51. Listed here is the percentage of the popular vote received by President Bush in each of the 50 states:8

NM NY AL 62 HI MA SD 45 37 50 60 AK 61 ID MI TN 68 48 40 57 NC AZ 55 IL MN TX 44 48 56 61 54 CA AR IN MS ND 63 UT 60 59

a. By just looking at the table, what shape do you think the data distribution for the percentage of the popular vote by state will have?
b. Draw a relative frequency histogram to describe the distribution. Describe the shape of the distribution and look for outliers. Did the graph confirm your answer to part a?

Data from Exercise 1.51

AL 1176 HI 194 MA 1071 NM 377 SD 233 191 AZ 1104| IL 573| IN CA 5510 | IA CO 1101 CT AK ID MI 2314 MN 1347 409 NY 2962 T

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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

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Authors: William Mendenhall, Robert J. Beaver, Barbara M. Beaver

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