Question

II.1. Poverty in the states. Table II.1 gives the percentages of people living below the poverty line in the 26 states east of the Mississippi River. Make a stemplot of these data. Is the distribution roughly symmetric, skewed to the right, or skewed to the left? Which states (if any) are outliers? (Hint: See page 253.)

TABLE II.1 Percentages of state residents living in poverty, 2012–2013 two-year average
State Percent State Percent State Percent
Alabama 16.4 Connecticut 10.8 Delaware 13.7
Florida 15.1 Georgia 17.2 Illinois 12.9
Indiana 13.4 Kentucky 18.9 Maine 12.5
Maryland 10.1 Massachusetts 11.6 Michigan 14.1
Mississippi 22.2 New Hampshire 8.6 New Jersey 10.2
New York 15.9 North Carolina 17.9 Ohio 14.5
Pennsylvania 13.1 Rhode Island 13.6 South Carolina 16.3
Tennessee 18.4 Vermont 10.0 Virginia 10.5
West Virginia 17.0 Wisconsin 11.2
Source: www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/index.html