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Students in California are required to pass an exit exam in order to graduate from high school. The pass rate for San Luis Obispo High School has been ris- ing, as have the rates for San Luis Obispo County and the state of California (San Luis Obispo Tribune, Au- gust 17, 2004). The percentage of students who passed the test was as follows:

Year

District

Pass Rate

2002

San Luis Obispo High School

66%

2003

 

72%

2004

 

93%

2002

San Luis Obispo County

62%

2003

 

57%

2004

 

85%

2002

State of California

32%

2003

 

43%

2004                                                                  74%          

a. Construct a comparative bar chart that allows the change in the pass rate for each group to be compared.

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b. Is the change the same for each group? Comment on any difference observed.

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