Question: El Niño and the monsoon It appears that El Niño, the periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean west of South America, affects the monsoon rains that are essential for agriculture in India. Here are the monsoon rains (in millimeters) for the 23 strong El Niño years between 1871 and 2004:
(a) To make a stemplot of these rainfall amounts, round the data to the nearest 10, so that stems are hundreds of millimeters and leaves are tens of millimeters. Make two stemplots, with and without sp
(b) Describe the shape, center, and spread of the distribution.
(c) The average monsoon rainfall for all years from 1871 to 2004 is about 850 millimeters. What effect does El Niño appear to have on monsoon rains?