A listing of 46 mutual funds and their 12-month total return percentage is shown in Table 3.5 (Smart Money, February 2004).

a. What are the mean and median return percentages for these mutual funds?
b. What are the first and third quartiles?
c. Provide a five-number summary.
d. Do the data contain any outliers? Show a box plot.

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Return Return Mutual Fund Mutual Fund Alger Capital Appreciation Alger LargeCap Growth Alger MidCap Growth Alger SmallCap AllianceBenstein Technology Federated American Leaders Federated Capital Appreciation Federated Equity-Income Federated Kaufmann Federated Max-Cap Index Federated Stock Janus Adviser Int'1 Growth Janus Adviser Worldwide Janus Enterprise Janus High-Yield Janus Mercury Janus Overseas Janus Worldwide Nations Convertible Securities Nations Int'l Equity Nations LargeCap Enhd. Core Nations LargeCap Index Nation MidCap Index 23.5 22.8 38.3 41.3 40.6 15.6 12.4 11.5 33.3 16.0 16.9 10.3 Nations Small Company Nations SmallCap Index Nations Strategic Growth Nations Value Inv One Group Diversified Equity One Group Diversified Int'I One Group Diversified Mid Cap One Group Equity Income One Group Int'l Equity Index One Group Large Cap Growth One Group Large Cap Value One Group Mid Cap Growth One Group Mid Cap Value One Group Small Cap Growth PBHG Growth Putnam Europe Equity Putnam Int'l Capital Opportunity Putnam International Equity Putnam Int'l New Opportunity Strong Advisor Mid Cap Growth Strong Growth 20 Strong Growth Inv Strong Large Cap Growth 24.5 10.4 10.8 0.0 10.9 9 6.6 13.2 13.6 12.8 18.7 11.4 23.6 27.3 20.4 36.6 21.5 24.2 12.1 20.6 13.6 10.7 13.2 13.5 19.5 23.7 23.2 14.5