The table shows high school dropout rates reported by states and the District of Columbia in 1998-1999. Data are unavailable for some states.

a. What are the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the data?
b. Do any states lie more than 2 standard deviations above or below the mean?
c. Draw a histogram from the data, using an appropriate bin width.

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High School Dropout Rates, 1998-1999 | s State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia 8.2 Rate (%) 4.4 5.3 8.4 6.0 3.3 Rate (%) | | State Rate (%) 5.2 6.5 3.8 State 3.3 4.4 3.6 4.5 5.2 Maine Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvaia Rhode Island South Dakota 3Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana 4.5 4.8Tennessee 4.6 4.5 4.2 7.9 Utah Vermont Virginia West Virgimia Wisconsin Wyoming 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.9 2.6 5.2 Georgia 74 Nebraska 7.4 6.9 6.5 Nevada New Jersey Idaho IlinoiS Iowa Kentucky Louisiana 25New Mexico 4.9- North Dakota 10.0 7.0 2.4 3.9 Ohio National Center for Educaton Statistics)