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Math 203, Introduction to Statistics, candy-bar quiz 1


  1. Joe DiMaggio played center field for the NY Yankees for 13 years. Mickey Mantle, who played for 18 years, succeeded him. Here is the number of home runs hit each year by DiMaggio.
  2. 29,46,32,30,31,30,21,25,20,39,14,32,12
    1. Make a stem plot (with split stems) of the home run data for DiMaggio.
    2. Calculate the 5 number summary for DiMaggio’s home run data.
    3. The 5 number summary of Mantle’s homerun data is given below. Make box plots of both data sets and describe the similarities and differences between the two hall of famers’ homerun hitting abilities.
Mantle's Data
Min 13
Q1 21.25
M 28.5
Q3 36.5
Max 54