Literacy
According to indexmundi.com, the rates of literacy in five countries in the Middle East with the lowest rates of literacy are given in the table.
a. Find and report the mean rate of literacy per country in context: The mean percentage of literates in these five countries is ________. (Report the percentage to the nearest tenth.)
b. Sketch a dotplot of the data and mark the location of the mean. You can use a triangle under the axis (m, like a fulcrum) to mark the location; it should be at the balance point.
c. Find and report the standard deviation of the rate of literates per country in context; round to the nearest hundredth.
d. Which of these rates is farthest from the mean and therefore contributes most to the standard deviation?