For Exercises 65–71, do the following.
69. Births and Maternal Age in Westchester County, NY. The following table represents the number of births and the average maternal age in 10 hospitals in northwest Westchester County, New York. Do (a)–(d). What is the observation for Sleepy Hollow?
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Hospital | Births | Average maternal age |
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Briarcliff Manor | 71 | 34.1 |
Buchanan | 25 | 31.6 |
Cortlandt | 348 | 32.2 |
Croton-on-Hudson | 93 | 33.5 |
Mount Pleasant | 277 | 32.8 |
Ossining 1 | 80 | 32.1 |
Ossining 2 | 371 | 29.2 |
Peekskill | 365 | 29.0 |
Pleasantville | 79 | 32.9 |
Sleepy Hollow | 134 | 29.2 |
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(a) Elements: Hospitals Briarcliff Manor, Buchanan, Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Mount Pleasant, Ossining 1, Ossining 2, Peekskill, Pleasantville, and Sleepy Hollow; Variables: births and average maternal age (b) Qualitative variables: There are no qualitative variables; Quantitative variables: births and average maternal age (c) Births—discrete; average maternal age— continuous (d) Births—ratio; average maternal age—ratio (e) 134, 29.2