The following data represent the dividend yields (in percent) of a random sample

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The following data represent the dividend yields (in percent) of a random sample of 28 publicly traded stocks. Complete parts (a) to (c) 2.06 0.36 2.98 1.21 0.8 0.49 2.05 0.99 3.46 2.84 0.22 2.68 3.03 0.42 0 2.75 0.1 23 307 0.06 2.7 0.74 1.581.99 2.1 (a) Compute the five-number summary The five-number summary is DDDD Round to two decimal places as needed. Use ascending order.) (b) Draw a boxplot of the data. OA, O C. 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 23 4 (c) Determine the shape of the distribution from the boxplot. A. The distribution is skewed to the left. O B. The distribution is roughly symmetric. ° C. The distribution is skewed to the right. 0 D. The shape of the distribution cannot be determined from the boxplot.

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puttin above data in ascending order:

5 number summary:

minimum =0

first quartie =(n+1)/4 th value =0.255

median = (n+1)/2 th value=1.395

3rd quartile =3*(n+1)/4 th value=2.695

maximum =3.46

b) for box plot -- option B is corect

c)

option B--roughly symmetric

s.no X 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0.06 6 0.1 7 0.22 8 0.36 9 0.42 10 0.49 11 0.74 12 0.8 13 0.99 14 1.21 15 1.58 16 1.99 17 2.05 18 2.06 19 2.1 20 2.3 21 2.68 22 2.7 23 2.75 24 2.84 25 2.98 26 3.03 27 3.07 28 3.46

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