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The total amount of money that a sample of students spent to attend the homecoming dance is shown.
Boys ($) - 114, 98, 131, 83, 91, 64, 94, 77, 96, 105, 72, 108, 87, 112, 58, 126
Girls ($) - 124, 74, 105, 133, 85, 162, 90, 109, 94, 102, 98, 171, 138, 89, 154, 76
Compare the data set using either the means and standard deviations or the five-number summaries.
What is the maximum boys is $131, while the UQ of the girls is $135.50. This means that 25% of the data from the girls is greater than all of the data from the boys. We can than conclude that the girls spend more money on the dance than the boys.