Visually examine the distribution of individuals admitted to psychiatric institutions from selected midwestern counties using a stem-and-leaf plot and a histogram.
In the summer of 1999, the number of individuals admitted to psychiatric institutions in 38 counties in the rural Midwest were recorded.
The following questions can be answered using the histogram Java applet. The county labels are confidential; but the data is listed below.
88, 58, 71, 43, 39, 46, 56, 65, 74, 95, 115, 70, 49, 38, 40, 51, 62, 92,64, 67, 81, 95, 111, 124, 34, 28, 29, 51, 75, 97, 117, 52, 47, 31, 66, 83, 78, 54