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6. Press o. Turn off all functions.
7. Press p. Set
select
9:ZoomStat
displays the box plots for the women's results.
8. Press r.
Use | and ~ to examine
for each plot. Notice the outlier to the women's right-
hand data. What is the median for the left hand? For the
right hand? With which hand were the women more
accurate guessers, according to the box plots?
9. Examine the men's results. Redefine plot 1 to use
, redefine plot 2 to use
MLEFT
Press | and ~ to examine
for each plot. What difference do you see between the
plots?
10.Compare the left-hand results. Redefine plot 1 to use
, redefine plot 2 to use
WLEFT
r to examine
plot. Who were the better left-hand guessers, men or
women?
11.Compare the right-hand results. Define plot 1 to use
, define plot 2 to use
WRGHT
r to examine
plot. Who were the better right-hand guessers?
In the original experiment boys did not guess as well
with right hands, while girls guessed equally well with
either hand. This is not what our box plots show for
adults. Do you think that this is because adults have
learned to adapt or because our sample was not large
enough?
and
Xscl=1 Yscl=0
. This adjusts the viewing window and
%
Women's left-hand data
%
Women's right-hand data
,
minX Q
1
MRGHT
%
Men's left-hand data
%
Men's right-hand data
,
minX Q
MLEFT
, , ,
minX Q Med Q
1
MRGHT
, , ,
minX Q Med Q
1
. Press q
9
, , , and
Med Q maxX
3
. Press r.
, , , and
Med Q maxX
1 3
, and then press
, and for each
maxX
3
, and then press
, and for each
maxX
3
Applications 17-3
to