The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted in

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The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted in 2002 and 2003 by the Office of Applied Studies, led to the following state estimates of the total number of people (ages 12 and older) who had smoked within the last month). Number of People State (in thousands) Alabama 976 Alaska 129 Arizona 1215 Arkansas 730 California 5508 Colorado 985 Connecticut 678 Delaware 174 District of Columbia 125 Florida 3355 Georgia 1779 Hawaii 217 Idaho 260 Illinois 2754 Indiana 1427 Iowa 647 Kansas 573 Kentucky 1178 Louisiana 1021 Maine 297 Maryland 1039 Massachusetts 1207 Michigan 2336 Minnesota 1122 Mississippi 680 Missouri 1472 Montana 212 Nebraska 367 Nevada 543 New Hampshire 281 New Jersey 1662 New Mexico 363 New York 4052 North Carolina 2010 North Dakota 145 Ohio 2865 Oklahoma 858a. Construct a stem-and-leaf display using hundreds (ofthousands) as the stems and truncating the leaves to thetens (of thousands) digit.b. Write a few sentences describing the shape of the distributionand any unusual observations.c. The three largest values were for California, New York,and Texas. Does this indicate that tobacco use is more ofa problem in these states than elsewhere? Explain.d. If you wanted to compare states on the basis of theextent of tobacco use, would you use the data in thegiven table? If yes, explain why this would be reasonable.If no, what would you use instead as the basis for thecomparison?

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