The histogram shows the distribution of the percents of women aged 15 and over who have never

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The histogram shows the distribution of the percents of women aged 15 and over who have never married in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Which of the following statements about the histogram is correct?

14 12 10 8 6. 4 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 Percent of women over age 15 who never married Number of states 2.


a. The center (median) of the distribution is about 36%.

b. There are more states with percentages above 32 than there are states with percentages less than 24.

c. It would be better if the values from 34 to 50 were deleted on the horizontal axis so there wouldn’t be a large gap.

d. There was one state with a value of exactly 33%.

e. About half of the states had percentages between 24% and 28%.

Select the best answer.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781319113339

6th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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