EXAMPLE 1.33

Results from software. We prefer to examine the numerical summaries and graphical summaries together. Figure 1.17 gives (a) a boxplot, (b) a histogram, and (c) numerical summaries for the time to start a business from Example 1.23 (page 28) using Minitab. Similar displays are given for SPSS in Figure 1.18 (a), (b), and (c) and for JMP in Figure 1.19. Examine and compare the outputs carefully. Notice that they give different numbers of significant digits for some of these numerical summaries. There are also variations in how they make the boxplots and how they define classes for the histograms.