Measures of the Location of the Data · Try It 10

A college statistics instructor is investigating the amount of time students spend working on a final project in the course. The instructor would like students to spend approximately 3 to 4 hours as the typical amount of time to be spent on the project. The instructor collects data from a random sample of 10 students for the number of hours spent working on the final project. The results obtained are as follows:
2 hours; 3 hours; 5 hours; 3 hours; 4 hours;
4 hours; 3 hours; 11 hours; 3 hours; 2 hours.

(a) Determine the following five values: Min, Q_1, Med, Q_3, Max.
(b) Should the instructor modify the final project or leave as is?

OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §2.3 Measures of the Location of the Data · Try It 10