Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase

Exercise 45

Health Care: Hospitals The American Medical Association Center for Health Policy Research, in its publication State Health Care Data: Utilization Spending, and Characteristics, included data, by state, on the number of community hospitals and the average patient stay (in days). The data are shown in the table. Make a stem-and-leaf display of the data for the average length of stay in days. Comment about the general shape of the distribution.