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The Practice of Statistics | 5th Edition | ISBN: 9781464108730 | Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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Gas it up! (1.3) Interested in a sporty car? Worried that it might use too much gas? The Environmental Protection Agency lists most such vehicles in its two-seater or minicompact categories. The figure shows boxplots for both city and highway gas mileages for our two groups of cars. Write a few sentences comparing these distributions. 0 30 25 20 15 10 5 35 Miles per gallon 40 Two city Two hwy Mini city Mini hwy

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Gas it up! (1.3) Interested in a sporty car? Worried that it might use too much gas? The Environmental Protection Agency lists most such vehicles in its two-seater or minicompact categories. The figure shows boxplots for both city and highway gas mileages for our two groups of cars. Write a few sentences comparing these distributions. 0 30 25 20 15 10 5 35 Miles per gallon 40 Two city Two hwy Mini city Mini hwy

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In general, the highest gas mileages appear for a two-seaters on the highway and for minicompact vehicles on the highway.

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