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The accompanying data set consists of observationson shower-flow rate (L/min) for a sample of n = 129houses in Perth, Australia (An Application of BayesMethodology to the Analysis of Diary Records in aWater Use Study, J. Amer. Stat. Assoc., 1987:705711): 4.6 12.3 7.1 7.0 4.0 9.2 6.7 6.9 11.5 5.111.2 10.5 14.3 8.0 8.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 9.6 7.5 7.5 6.2 5.8 2.3 3.4 10.4 9.8 6.6 3.7 6.4 8.3 6.5 7.6 9.3 9.2 7.3 5.0 6.3 13.8 6.2 5.4 4.8 7.5 6.0 6.9 10.8 7.5 6.6 5.0 3.3 7.6 3.9 11.9 2.2 15.0 7.2 6.1 15.3 18.9 7.2 5.4 5.5 4.3 9.0 12.7 11.3 7.4 5.0 3.5 8.2 8.4 7.3 10.3 11.9 6.0 5.6 9.5 9.3 10.4 9.7 5.1 6.7 10.2 6.2 8.4 7.0 4.8 5.6 10.5 14.610.8 15.5 7.5 6.4 3.4 5.5 6.6 5.9 15.0 9.6 7.8 7.0 6.9 4.1 3.6 11.9 3.7 5.7 6.8 11.3 9.3 9.6 10.4 9.3 6.9 9.8 9.1 10.6 4.5 6.2 8.3 3.2 4.9 5.0 6.0 8.2 6.3 3.8 6.0a. Construct a stem-and-leaf display of the data.b. What is a typical, or representative, flow rate?c. Does the display appear to be highly concentrated orspread out?d. Does the distribution of values appear to be reasonablysymmetric? If not, how would you describe thedeparture from symmetry?e. Would you describe any observation as being farfrom the rest of the data (an outlier)?

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The accompanying data set consists of observationson shower-flow rate (L/min) for a sample of n = 129houses in Perth, Australia (An Application of BayesMethodology to the Analysis of Diary Records in aWater Use Study, J. Amer. Stat. Assoc., 1987:705711): 4.6 12.3 7.1 7.0 4.0 9.2 6.7 6.9 11.5 5.111.2 10.5 14.3 8.0 8.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 9.6 7.5 7.5 6.2 5.8 2.3 3.4 10.4 9.8 6.6 3.7 6.4 8.3 6.5 7.6 9.3 9.2 7.3 5.0 6.3 13.8 6.2 5.4 4.8 7.5 6.0 6.9 10.8 7.5 6.6 5.0 3.3 7.6 3.9 11.9 2.2 15.0 7.2 6.1 15.3 18.9 7.2 5.4 5.5 4.3 9.0 12.7 11.3 7.4 5.0 3.5 8.2 8.4 7.3 10.3 11.9 6.0 5.6 9.5 9.3 10.4 9.7 5.1 6.7 10.2 6.2 8.4 7.0 4.8 5.6 10.5 14.610.8 15.5 7.5 6.4 3.4 5.5 6.6 5.9 15.0 9.6 7.8 7.0 6.9 4.1 3.6 11.9 3.7 5.7 6.8 11.3 9.3 9.6 10.4 9.3 6.9 9.8 9.1 10.6 4.5 6.2 8.3 3.2 4.9 5.0 6.0 8.2 6.3 3.8 6.0a. Construct a stem-and-leaf display of the data.b. What is a typical, or representative, flow rate?c. Does the display appear to be highly concentrated orspread out?d. Does the distribution of values appear to be reasonablysymmetric? If not, how would you describe thedeparture from symmetry?e. Would you describe any observation as being farfrom the rest of the data (an outlier)?

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