The Following Sample Data Shows the Starting Salaries of Six

question 20

Essay

The following sample data shows the starting salaries of six graduates from the accounting program at California Polytechnic State University.The data are in thousands of dollars.
24 46 48 52 56 58 60
a.Calculate and interpret the 25^th,50^th,and 75^th percentiles.
b.Are there any outliers?Is the distribution symmetric?If not,comment on its skewness.

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