Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Sampling and estimation

Sampling and estimation — practice question

The back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram below gives the yearly salaries of 39 females and 39 males. Key: $2|20|3$ represents $a320\,200$ for females and $a320\,300$ for males.
(i)[2]

Determine the median and quartiles for the females’ salaries.

(ii)[3]

Show the data using a pair of box-and-whisker plots on one diagram on graph paper.

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