Students Were Asked to Record How Many Hours They Worked

question 37

Essay

Students were asked to record how many hours they worked at an outside job last week. Their answers are shown below. (a) Make a dot plot. (b) Use your judgment to construct a frequency distribution using whatever classes (bins) you wish. (c) Make a histogram. (d) Describe the distribution. (e) Did your bin choices agree with Sturges' Rule? If not, why not?

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