Question: How long did real cowboys live? One answer may be found in the book The Last Cowboys by Connie Brooks (University of New Mexico Press).

How long did real cowboys live? One answer may be found in the book The Last Cowboys by Connie Brooks (University of New Mexico Press). This delightful book presents a thoughtful sociological study of cowboys in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico around the year 1890. A sample of 32 cowboys gave the following years of longevity:

How long did real cowboys live? One answer may be

(a) Make a stem-and-leaf display for these data.
(b) Consider the following quote from Baron von Richthofen in his Cattle Raising on the Plains of North America: €œCowboys are to be found among the sons of the best families. The truth is probably that most were not a drunken, gambling lot, quick to draw and fire their pistols.€ Does the data distribution of longevity lend credence to this quote?

58 52 68 86 72 66 97 89 84 9 91 92 66 68 87 86 7361 70 75 72 73 85 84 9057 77 76 84 93 58 47

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