The 2004 election was a race in which the incumbent, George W. Bush, defeated John Kerry, Ralph Nader, and other candidates, receiving 50.7% of the popular vote. The popular vote (in thousands) for George W. Bush in each of the 50 states is listed below:⁸

a. By just looking at the table, what shape do you think the data distribution for the popular vote by state will have?
b. Draw a relative frequency histogram to describe the distribution of the popular vote for President Bush in the 50 states.
c. Did the histogram in part b confirm your guess in part a? Are there any outliers? How can you explain them?

Data from Exercise 1.53

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AL 1176 | HI ID 191 AZ 1104 IL NM 377 | SD NY 2962 TN TX MA 233 194 1071 AK 409 MI 2314 1384 MN NC 1961 ND 2346 1347 4527 197 UT OH 2860 VT 960 VA OR AR 573 IN MS 1479 685 664 CA 5510 IA MO 1456 572 121 CO 1101 KS 736 MT OK 266 1717 CT KY NE WA 1305 694 1069 513 867 172 LA ME GA 1914 | MD 1025 1102 NV NH NJ PA 2794 W WI 938 | WY DE 419 424 FL RI 1478 168 3965 330 331 169 SC 1670 Stem-and-leaf of Stem-and-leaf of Popular Vote N Leaf Unit = 100 50 Percent Vote N = 50 Leaf Unit = 1.0 0 1111111 O 22333 0 444555 0 6667 3 3 799 12 4 03444 18 19 4 55666788899 22 (9) 5 001122344 25 668 0 1 0001111 1 333 1 444 1 67 1 99 22 5 566778899 25 13 6 00011223 18 6 6689 15 12 10 8. 2 33 6. 6. 2 7 2 89 HI 39, 45, 55