Chapter 1: Q 61. (page 47)
Birth months Imagine asking a random sample of students from your school about their birth months. Draw a plausible graph of the distribution of birth months. (Hint: Should you use a bar graph or a histogram?)
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Chapter 1: Q 61. (page 47)
Birth months Imagine asking a random sample of students from your school about their birth months. Draw a plausible graph of the distribution of birth months. (Hint: Should you use a bar graph or a histogram?)

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(a) Make an appropriate graphical display to compare the grade distributions for AP Calculus AB and AP Statistics.
(b) Write a few sentences comparing the two distributions of exam grades.
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(a) Explain what the dot above represents.
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