The boxplot shows the property crime rate per 100,000 residents in the 50 states. The outlier is Delaware. The regions are the Midwest (MW), Northeast (NE), South (S), and West (W).
a. List the approximate median crime rates per 100,000 residents for the four regions; for example, the median for the MW is about 3000.
b. List the regions from lowest to highest interquartile range.
c. Why is the interquartile range a better measure of the variability for these data than the range is?

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MW NE 뜨s 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 Property Crime (per 100,000 residents)