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c.d.- Identify the overall shape of each distribution.
- How would you characterize the center(s) of these distributions?
- Which of these distributions has the smallest standard deviation?
- Which of these distributions has the largest standard deviation?
- In question #2, you looked at the percentage of waste recycled in each state. Do you think there is a relationship
between the percentage recycled and the total amount of waste that a state generates? Here is the data including
both variables.
TABLE2.25:
State Percentage Total Amount of Municipal Waste
in Thousands of Tons
Alabama 23 5549
Alaska 7 560
Arizona 18 5700
Arkansas 36 4287
California 30 45000
Colorado 18 3084
Connecticut 23 2950
Delaware 31 1189
District of Columbia 8 246
Florida 40 23617
Georgia 33 14645
Hawaii 25 2125
Illinois 28 13386
Indiana 23 7171