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Table gives CO2 emissions per person for countries with population at least 20 million. A stem plot

Question: Table gives CO2 emissions per person for countries with population at least 20 million. A stem plot or histogram shows that the distribution is strongly skewed to the right. The US and several other countries appear to be high outliers.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Metric Tons per person Country CO2	Country CO2	Country CO2
Algeria 2.3 Argentina 3.9 Australia 17.0 Bangladesh 0.2 Brazil 1.8 Canada 16.0 China 2.5 Colombia 1.4 Congo 0.0 Egypt 1.7 Ethiopia 0.0 France 6.1 Germany 10.0 Ghana 0.2 India 0.9 Indonesia 1.2	Italy 7.3 Iran 3.8 Iraq 3.6 Japan 9.1 Kenya 0.3 Korea, North 9.7 Korea, South 8.8 Malaysia 4.6 Mexico 3.7 Morocco 1.0 Myanmar 0.2 Nepal 0.1 Nigeria 0.3 Pakistan 0.7 Peru 0.8 Philippines 0.9	Poland 8.0 Romania 3.9 Russia 10.2 Saudi Arabia 11.0 South Africa 8.1 Spain 6.8 Sudan 0.2 Tanzania 0.1 Thailand 2.5 Turkey 2.8 Ukraine 7.6 United Kingdom 9.0 United States 19.9 Uzbekistan 4.8 Venezuela 5.1 Vietnam 0.5

a) Give the 5-number summary. Explain why this summary suggests this distribution is right-skewed.
b) Which countries are outliers according to the 1.5 x I QR rule? Make a stemplot of the data. Do you agree with the rule's suggestion about which countries are and are not outliers?

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