Number of Businesses. Use the following data for Exercises 117–120. The data represent the number of business establishments in a sample of states.

State Businesses
(1000s)
State Businesses
(1000s)
Alabama 3.8 Michigan 7.5
Arizona 7.9 Minnesota 6.1
Colorado 8.9 Missouri 5.9
Connecticut 3.1 Ohio 9.5
Georgia 10.3 Oklahoma 3.8
Illinois 11.9 Oregon 5.4
Indiana 5.6 South Carolina 4.6
Iowa 2.7 Tennessee 5.4
Maryland 5.7 Virginia 8.6
Massachusetts 6.3 Washington 9.3
Table 2.79: Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Question 2.255

statebusinesses

118. Construct the following:

  1. A dotplot
  2. A frequency polygon
  3. A stem-and-leaf display