ma a as nia LE 1 5 Nurses per 100 000 people by state do cticut 1 35 e Where are the nurses Table 1 5 gives the number of active nurses per 100 000 people in each state 26 NURSES a Why is the number of nurses per 100 000 people a bet ter measure of the availability of nurses than a simple count of the number of nurses in a state b Make a stemplot that displays the distribution of nurses per 100 000 people The data will first need to be rounded see page 30 What units are you go ing to use for the stems The leaves You should round the data to the units you are planning to use for the leaves before drawing the stemplot Write a brief de scription of the distribution Are there any outliers If so can you explain them c Do you think it would be useful to split the stems when drawing the stemplot for these data Explain your reason Nurses 911 717 585 798 630 831 1017 1155 814 665 689 682 901 901 1022 934 1003 State Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Nurses 881 1093 906 1260 849 1093 950 1038 855 1054 609 1006 858 614 848 940 968 State Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming District of Columbia Nurses 1021 742 803 1030 1104 834 1296 984 67 63 91 76 8 95 9 8 14