TABLE 3-9 in the 2002- 2003 Academic Year, Many Public Universities in Universities

question 53

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TABLE 3-9
In the 2002- 2003 academic year, many public universities in the United States raised tuition and fees due to a decrease in state subsidies. The change in the cost of tuition, a shared dormitory room, and the most popular meal plan from the2001- 2002 academic year for a sample of 10 public universities were as follows: $1589, $593, $1223, $869, $423, $1720, $708, $1425, $922 and $308.
-Referring to Table 3-9, the middle 50% of the change in the cost is spread over what value?

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