Twenty-Eight Applicants Interested in Working for the Food Stamp Program

question 87

Essay

Twenty-eight applicants interested in working for the Food Stamp program took an examination designed to measure their aptitude for social work. A stem-and-leaf plot of the 28 scores appears below, where the first column is the count per branch, the second column is the stem value, and the remaining digits are the leaves. What is the value of the first quartile?
Q1 = ______________
What is the value of the third quartile?
Q3 = ______________
What is the interquartile range?
IQR = ______________
Find the inner fences.
______________
Find the outer fences.
______________
Construct a boxplot for this data.
Does the boxplot indicate the presence of any outliers?
______________

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Definitions:

Admission

A statement made in court, under oath, or at some stage during a legal proceeding, in which a party against whom charges have been brought admits that an oral contract existed, even though the contract was required to be in writing.

General Partners

Owners of a partnership who have unlimited personal liability for the debts of the business and participate in its operations.

Limited Liability

A legal principle that limits the amount of financial risk and responsibility of investors or partners in a company to the amount of their investment.

Management Participation

Management participation involves the active engagement and involvement of a company's management team in its day-to-day operations and decision-making processes.