The data values below represent the closing prices of the 20 most actively traded stocks on the

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The data values below represent the closing prices of the 20 most actively traded stocks on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange (rounded to the nearest dollar) on May 2, 2014.

40 3 60 4 87 26 26 4 7 26 23 26 9 37 52 52 13 78

a. Sketch a dot plot or construct a stem-and-leaf plot.
b. Find the median, the first quartile, and the third quartile.
c. Sketch a box plot. What feature of the distribution displayed in the plot in part a is not obvious in the box plot? 

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Distribution
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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data

ISBN: 9780321997838

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Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg

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