A country’s ministry of health would like to know the birth rate of a country. To do so, the
ministry’s research department randomly selected 100 hospitals and recorded “total births” for
the past one week. The dot plot and box plots together with descriptive statistics are given
below.
births
0 18 36 54 72 90 108 126
0 18 36 54 72 90 108 126
Number of births
births
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Number of births
Descriptive Statistics: births
Variable N N* Mean Variance Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum
births 100 0 34.63 486.56 1.00 20.25 29.50 43.75 126.00
Variable Kurtosis
births 3.64
Required: Prepare a managerial report indicating (i) deductions that can be made on the basis of
measures of centre (ii) Measures of dispersion and (iii) Measures of distribution.