The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey reported the percentage of children under 18 years of age who had lived below the poverty level during the previous 12 months (U.S. Census Bureau website, August 2008). The region of the country, Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), Midwest (MW), Southwest (SW), and West (W) and the percentage of children under 18 who had lived below the poverty level are shown for each state. WEB file Penalty WEB file Homes Supplementary Exercises 135 WEB file PovertyLevel State Region Poverty % State Region Poverty % Alabama SE 23.0 Montana W 17.3 Alaska W 15.1 Nebraska MW 14.4 Arizona SW 19.5 Nevada W 13.9 Arkansas SE 24.3 New Hampshire NE 9.6 California W 18.1 New Jersey NE 11.8 Colorado W 15.7 New Mexico SW 25.6 Connecticut NE 11.0 New York NE 20.0 Delaware NE 15.8 North Carolina SE 20.2 Florida SE 17.5 North Dakota MW 13.0 Georgia SE 20.2 Ohio MW 18.7 Hawaii W 11.4 Oklahoma SW 24.3 Idaho W 15.1 Oregon W 16.8 Illinois MW 17.1 Pennsylvania NE 16.9 Indiana MW 17.9 Rhode Island NE 15.1 Iowa MW 13.7 South Carolina SE 22.1 Kansas MW 15.6 South Dakota MW 16.8 Kentucky SE 22.8 Tennessee SE 22.7 Louisiana SE 27.8 Texas SW 23.9 Maine NE 17.6 Utah W 11.9 Maryland NE 9.7 Vermont NE 13.2 Massachusetts NE 12.4 Virginia SE 12.2 Michigan MW 18.3 Washington W 15.4 Minnesota MW 12.2 West Virginia SE 25.2 Mississippi SE 29.5 Wisconsin MW 14.9 Missouri MW 18.6 Wyoming W 12.0 a. What is the median poverty level percentage for the 50 states? b. What are the first and third quartiles? What is your interpretation of the quartiles? c. Show a box plot for the data. Interpret the box plot in terms of what it tells you about the level of poverty for children in the United States. Are any states considered outliers? Discuss. d. Identify the states in the lower quartile. What is your interpretation of this group and what region or regions are represented most in the lower quartile?