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The following table gives the percentage of high school seniors who took the SATs in the academic year ending in 2003 for a group of 14 southeastern states and Washington DC.

State % Taking the SAT
MS 4
AR 6
LA 8
AL 10
KY 13
TN 14
WV 20
SC 59
FL 61
GA 66
MD 68
NC 68
VA 71
DE 73
DC 77

a) Run descriptive stats on the data.
b) Comment on the results and interpret them; what do they indicate?

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Uses DATA ANALYSIS in EXCEL to run descriptive statistics on the data provided (percentage of high school seniors who took the SATs for a group of 14 southeastern states and Washington DC) and comments on the results and interprets them.

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