Re: Histogram

[Dennis Roberts]

using minitab, here are dotplots and boxplots for the 3 hospitals ... what 
this means i have no idea

MTB > dotp c11-c13;
SUBC> same.
Dotplot: A, B, C

                    ...::.
                    :::::: .
                 ..:::::::::
             ....:::::::::::::. .
         +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------A
                         ::.
                         :::
                       .:::::
                     ..:::::::.
         +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------B
                  .
                :.: :  :
             :.::::::  :  .
             ::::::::: :.::  . :
           :.:::::::::::::::.:.:::. ... :..   ..  .            .
         +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------C
       0.0       3.0       6.0       9.0      12.0      15.0
MTB > boxp c14;
SUBC> by c15.
Boxplot
C15
                     ------
1             *------I  + I----- *
                     ------
                          ---
2                     *---I+I--*
                          ---
                 ----------
3           -----I   +    I------------- ***   **  *            O
                 ----------
          +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+------C14
        0.0       3.0       6.0       9.0      12.0      15.0


of course, as others have mentioned ... these data tell you nothing about 
any "time" dimension

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