Student Survey 1 (Histogram)

Investigate characteristics of college students using survey results.
Problem

To determine the characteristics of the students in their large introductory statistics class, a group of college professors administered a survey to the students in their classes. Some of the questions asked include: the student’s age in years, height (in inches), shoe size, and high school GPA.

Create a histogram of the age of these students in years. 

a. What shape does this histogram take on?

b. Where is the main cluster of the students’ ages?

c. How old is the oldest student in this class (approximately)?

d. Examine the shape of this histogram. Give an explanation in layman’s terms to why this histogram takes on the shape that it does.