How long did real cowboys live? One answer may be found in the book The Last Cowboys

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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:

(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?

Distribution
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