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Quiz Queen!                                         Project Assigned: _______ 
                                                                                                                                                               Project Due: _______ 

The purpose of this project is to compare two girl's quiz scores to determine if either of them can claim that they are the better quiz taker.  Follow the basic project format. (Found in the general information section).  Remember, this should look more like an essay and not like a homework assignment.
 
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April is looking over her 15 quiz scores from her AP Statistics class.  Each quiz is out of 20 points.  Here are her 15 scores.
 
                                       15, 15, 14, 16, 15, 10, 19, 17, 14, 16, 5, 16, 18, 12, 17
 
May, her arch-rival in the class, has these 15 quiz scores.
 
                                       15, 16, 14, 15, 13, 14, 15, 15, 14, 13, 14, 14, 13, 12, 16
 
Both lay claim that they are the better quiz taker in the class.  You, being an unbiased friend of both (lucky you), will analize and compare both sets of scores so that you can determine who is the better quiz taker.
 
You will first analize the data using the mean and standard deviation.  Calculate each for both girls.  Then, create a histogram of each girl's quiz scores.  Compare the two girls, focusing on center, shape and spread.  Use your calculations and the histogram in your justification.
 
(Note to self:  Compare each characteristic seperately from the others.  In other words, first talk about the data's center for both girls, then data's shape for both, then their spreads.)
 
Next, calculate the 5 number summaries for both girls and create side-by-side boxplots.  Identify any outliers.  Compare the two plots.
 
Since you are a wishy-washy kind of person, you decide to make a case for each girl using your results.  Your conclusion will consist of 2 paragraphs.  The first one will start "April is the better quiz taker because . . ." and state your evidence.  You will most likely repeat some of things you said earlier.  The second paragraph will start "May is the better quiz taker because . ." and you will justify why May is better.