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17. You Explain It! Quartiles Violent crimes include rape, robbery, assault, and homicide. The following is a summary of the violent-crime rate (violent crimes per 100,000 population) for all 50 states in the United States plus Washington, D.C., in 2012. Q1 = 252.4 Q2 = 333.8 Q3 = 454.5 (a) Provide an interpretation of these results. (b) Determine and interpret the interquartile range. (c) The violent-crime rate in Washington, D.C., in 2012 was 1243.7. Would this be an outlier? (d) Do you believe that the distribution of violent-crime rates is skewed or symmetric? Why?

          17. You Explain It! Quartiles Violent crimes include rape,
robbery, assault, and homicide. The following is a summary of the
violent-crime rate (violent crimes per 100,000 population) for all
50 states in the United States plus Washington, D.C., in 2012.
Q1 = 252.4 Q2 = 333.8 Q3 = 454.5
(a) Provide an interpretation of these results.
(b) Determine and interpret the interquartile range.
(c) The violent-crime rate in Washington, D.C., in 2012 was
1243.7. Would this be an outlier?
(d) Do you believe that the distribution of violent-crime rates is
skewed or symmetric? Why?

17. You Explain It! Quartiles Violent crimes include rape,
robbery, assault, and homicide. The following is a summary of the
violent-crime rate (violent crimes per 100,000 population) for all
50 states in the United States plus Washington, D.C., in 2012.
Q1 = 252.4 Q2 = 333.8 Q3 = 454.5
(a) Provide an interpretation of these results.
(b) Determine and interpret the interquartile range.
(c) The violent-crime rate in Washington, D.C., in 2012 was
1243.7. Would this be an outlier?
(d) Do you believe that the distribution of violent-crime rates is
skewed or symmetric? Why?

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