Question: Naples. Florida, hats a half-marathon (13.1-mile race) in January each year. The event attracts top runners from throughout the United States as well as from around the world. I n January 2009. 22 men and 31 women entered the 19-24 age class. Finish times in minutes are as follows (Naples Daily News, January 19. 2009). Times are shown in order of finish.
a. George Towett of Marietta. Georgia. finished in first place for the men and Lauren Wald of Gainesville. Florida. finished in first place for the women. Compare the first-place finish times for men and women. If the 53 men and women runners had competed as one group, in what place would Lauren have finished?
b. What is the median time for men and women runners? Compare men and women runners based on their median times.
c. Provide a five-number summary for both the men and the women.
d. Are them outliers in either group?
e. Show the box plots for the two groups. Did men or women haw the most variation in finish times? Explain.