Objective: Visually examine the distribution of average faculty salaries at 50 universities. Characterize the shape of the distribution and compare it to symmetrically distributed data.
Problem Description: Faculty salary values were obtained at 50 universities by Ohio State researchers. The two variables used here are:
The following questions can be answered using the histogram Java applet. The histogram displays the (weighted) average of professors' salaries for the selected universities. A stem and leaf plot can be constructed from the data displayed by clicking on the Data button in the Histogram applet or directly from the following data values (x 1000):
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