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The self-reported heights of 105 students in a biostatistics class were used to construct the

histogram given below.

a  Describe the shape of the histogram.

b Does this histogram have an unusual feature?

c Can you think of an explanation for the two peaks in the histogram? Is there some consid-

eration other than height that results in the two separate peaks? What is it?

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QUESTION:

The self-reported heights of 105 students in a biostatistics class were used to construct the

histogram given below.

a  Describe the shape of the histogram.

b Does this histogram have an unusual feature?

c Can you think of an explanation for the two peaks in the histogram? Is there some consid-

eration other than height that results in the two separate peaks? What is it?

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