Where are the nurses? Table 1.5 gives the number of ac- tive nurses per 100,000 people in each state.25 NURSES (a) Why is the number of nurses per 100,000 people a better measure of the availability of nurses than a simple count of the number of nurses in a state? (b) Make a histogram that displays the distribution of nurses per 100,000 people. Write a brief description of the distribution. Are there any outliers? If so, can you explain them? TABLE 1.5 NURSES PER 100,000 PEOPLE, BY STATE STATE STATE Louisiana Ohio Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota STATE Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky NURSES 912 756 544 774 641 761 994 977 814 653 753 642 812 864 990 867 923 Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota NURSES 894 1053 869 1210 841 1017 868 958 748 1010 574 970 907 580 859 886 1097 Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Dist. of Columbia NURSES 1001 712 795 1017 1007 795 1215 894 662 625 912 750 774 938 905 812 1380 | |