The data below is the number of unprovoked attacks by bears on people in Alaska each

year for a 25-year period.

6 4 5 4 10

4 5 8 6 5

4 8 3 9 1

4 6 7 6 4

5 4 7 2 9

(a) Construct a histogram for this distribution. Choose an appropriate bin width, and be

sure to provide a label and scale for each axis.

(b) Based on your histogram, what numerical measures of center and spread would be

best to use for this distribution? Explain your choice.