8. Agriculture: Harvest Weight of Maize The following data represent weights in kilograms of maize harvest from a random sample of 72 experimental plots on St. Vincent, an island in the Caribbean (Reference: B. G. F. Springer, Proceedings, Caribbean Food Corps. Soc., Vol. 10, pp. 147–152). Note:

These data are also available for download at the Online Study Center. For convenience, the data are presented in increasing order.

7.8 9.1 9.5 10.0 10.2 10.5 11.1 11.5 11.7 11.8 12.2 12.2 12.5 13.1 13.5 13.7 13.7 14.0 14.4 14.5 14.6 15.2 15.5 16.0 16.0 16.1 16.5 17.2 17.8 18.2 19.0 19.1 19.3 19.8 20.0 20.2 20.3 20.5 20.9 21.1 21.4 21.8 22.0 22.0 22.4 22.5 22.5 22.8 22.8 23.1 23.1 23.2 23.7 23.8 23.8 23.8 23.8 24.0 24.1 24.1 24.5 24.5 24.9 25.1 25.2 25.5 26.1 26.4 26.5 26.7 27.1 29.5

(a) Compute the five-number summary.

(b) Compute the interquartile range.

(c) Make a box-and-whisker plot.

(d) Interpretation Discuss the distribution. Does the lower half of the distribution show more data spread than the upper half?