The following data represent weights in kilograms of maize harvested from a random sample of 72 experimental

Question:

The following data represent weights in kilograms of maize harvested from a random sample of 72 experimental plots on St. Vincent, an island in the Caribbean (Reference: B. G. F. Springer, Proceedings of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, Vol. 10, pp. 147€“152).

(a) Compute the five-number summary.
(b) Compute the interquartile range.
(c) Make a box-and-whisker plot.
(d) Discuss the distribution. Does the lower half of the distribution show more data spread than the upper half?

Distribution
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