Question

Pretend you are constructing a histogram for describing the distribution of salaries for individuals who are 40 years or older, but are not yet retired.

Cut and paste these ages into StatCrunch (they are listed in a column to make it easier to enter into

StatCrunch):

     

Salary	age
$57,000.00	27
$40,200.00	21
$21,450.00	44
$21,900.00	27
$45,000.00	40
$32,100.00	36
$36,000.00	28
$21,900.00	33
$27,900.00	38
$24,000.00	40
$30,300.00	38
$28,350.00	25
$27,750.00	29
$35,100.00	24
$27,300.00	27
$40,800.00	49
$46,000.00	29
$103,750.00	44
$42,300.00	24
$26,250.00	48
$38,850.00	25
$21,750.00	26
$24,000.00	45
$16,950.00	49

1. What is on the Y-axis of the histogram? Explain.

2. What is on the X-axis of the histogram? Explain.

3. What would be the shape of the salary distribution? Explain why. Have StatCrunch draw a curve.

Answer 1