The accompanying stem and leaf plots were generated using MINITAB for the variables named "Popular Vote" and "Percent Vote."
For Information: Refer to Exercises 1.51 and 1.52.

Exercises 1.51 and 1.52
Refer to Exercise 1.51. Listed here is the percentage of the popular vote received by President Obama in each of the 50 states:

The 2008 election was a race in which Barack Obama defeated John McCain and other candidates, receiving 53% of the popular vote. The popular vote (in thousands) for Barack Obama in each of the 50 states is listed below:

a. Describe the shapes of the two distributions. Are there any outliers?
b. Do the stem and leaf plots resemble the relative frequency histograms constructed in Exercises 1.51 and 1.52?
c. Explain why the distribution of the popular vote for President Obama by state is skewed while the percentage of popular votes by state is mound-shaped.

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Stem and Leaf Display: Popular Vote Stem-and-leaf of Popular Vote N 50 Leaf Unit100 17 0 01112222233333444 3 (10) 0 5555778889 23 1 000234 17 1 5667899 10 2 12 Stem and Leaf Display Percent Vote Stem-and-leaf of Percent Vote N 50 Leaf Unit 1.0 3 344 7 3 6899 15 4 01222334 22 4 5555779 (9) 5 001234444 19 5 556777788 10 6 11222233 8 2 89 6 3 24 4 3 5 2 6 8 1 7 2 HI 42, 48, 82 AL 39 H 72 MA 62 NM 57 SD 45 AK 38 ID 36 MI 57 NY 6TN 4 AZ 45 IL 62 MN 54 NC 50 TX 44 AR 39 IN 50 MS 43 ND 45 UT 34 CA 61 IA 54 MO 49 OH 52 VT 68 CO 54 KS 42 MT 47 OK 34 VA 53 CT 6 KY 4 NE 42 OR 57 WA 58 DE 62 LA 40 NV 55PA 55 W 43 FL 5 ME 5 NH 54 RI WI 56 GA 47 MD 62 NJ 57 SC 45 WY 3 2 8 3 AL 813 HI 326 MA 1904 NM 472 SD 171 AK 124 ID 236 MI 2873 NY 4805 TN 1087 AZ 1035 IL 3420 MN 1573 NC 2143 TX 3529 AR 422 IN 1374 MS 555 ND 141 UT 328 CA 8274 IA 829 MO 1442 OH 2933 VT 219 CO 1289 KS 515 MT 232 OK 502 VA 1960 CT 998 KY 752 NE 333 OR 1037 WA 1751 DE 255 LA 783 NV 534 PA 3276 WW 304 FL 4282 ME 422 NH 385 RI 297 WI 1677 GA 1844 MD 1629 NJ 2215 SC 862 WY 83