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Elementary Statistics | 12th Edition | ISBN: 9780321836960 | Authors: Mario F. Triola

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Political Contributions Listed below are contributions (in dollars) made to the two presidential candidates in a recent election. All contributions are from the same Zip code as the author, and the data are from the Huffington Post. Do the contributions appear to favor either candidate? What do you conclude after learning that there were 66 contributions to Obama and 20 contributions to McCain?

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Political Contributions Listed below are contributions (in dollars) made to the two presidential candidates in a recent election. All contributions are from the same Zip code as the author, and the data are from the Huffington Post. Do the contributions appear to favor either candidate? What do you conclude after learning that there were 66 contributions to Obama and 20 contributions to McCain?

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