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The following data give the annual numbers of deaths from tornadoes in the United States from 1990 to 2000.
53 39 39 33 69 30 25 67 130 94 40

a. Construct an ordered stem-and leaf plot of the data.
b. Find the mean number of deaths, the median and the mode for the number of deaths.
c. Find the range, Q1 and Q3. What is the IQR for the number of deaths from tornadoes?
d. Determine the Five Number Summary representing the tornado data.
e. What is the shape of the distribution of data on the number of deaths from tornadoes (symmetric,skewed to the left, skewed to the right)?

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This response looks at the pattern of deaths from tornadoes in the United States. Calculations for the mean, medium, and mode, and the range of deaths are included.

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